A true artist is someone who gives birth to a new reality.

For neither does wealth bring honour to the owner, if he be a coward; of such a one the wealth belongs to another, and not to himself. Nor does beauty and strength of body, when dwelling in a base and cowardly man, appear comely, but the reverse of comely, making the possessor more conspicuous, and manifesting forth his cowardice.

Let praise be given equally to women as well as men who have been distinguished in virtue.

Knowledge becomes evil if the aim be not virtuous.

He who can properly define and divide is to be considered a god.

No intelligent man will ever be so bold as to put into language those things which his reason has contemplated.

It is our duty to select the best and most dependable theory that human intelligence can supply, and use it as a raft to ride the seas of life.