Do you know that women who are chaste remain much fresher than those who are not?

Lord free me of myself, so I can please you!

The sculpture is already complete within the marble block, before I start my work. It is already there, I just have to chisel away the superfluous material.

A man paints with his brains and not with his hands.

Let it be enough for you to have bread and live virtuously and poorly like Christ, as I do here. I live meanly and don't bother about life or honor ... and I live with the greatest toil and a thousand worries. It is now about 15 years since I had a happy hour.

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.

It is well with me only when I have a chisel in my hand.