If we have been pleased with life, we should not be displeased with death, since it comes from the hand of the same master.

Trifles make perfection but perfection is not a trifle

Nature did all things well

There is no greater harm than that of time wasted.

I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free.

I dare affirm that any artist... who has nothing singular, eccentric, or at least reputed to be so, in his person, will never become a superior talent.

I am a poor man and of little worth, who is laboring in that art that God has given me in order to extend my life as long as possible.