The hand that follows intellect can achieve.

A great sculpture can roll down a hill without breaking.

I couldn't give you something mediocre even if that's all you asked for.

The goods of Fortune, even such as they really are, still need taste to enjoy them. It is the enjoying no the possessing, that makes us happy.

The promises of this world are, for the most part, vain phantoms; and to confide in one's self, and become something of worth and value is the best and safest course.

When they asked Michelangelo how he made his statue of David he is reported to have said, "It is easy. You just chip away the stone that doesn't look like David.

I feast on wine and bread, and feasts they are.