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

I criticise by creation, not by finding fault.

Even if you are divine, you don't disdain male consorts.

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

A great sculpture can roll down a hill without breaking.

From such a gentle thing, from such a fountain of all delight, my every pain is born.

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.