Unfinished paintings are more admired than the finished because the artist's actual thoughts are left visible.

Unfinished paintings are more admired than the finished because the artist's actual thoughts are left visible.

They enhance the value of their favors by the words with which they are accompanied.

Perhaps you will ask whether I can raise these three millions without difficulty. Well, nearly all my capital is invested in land, but I have some money out at interest and I can borrow without any trouble.

Everyone must be given something he can grasp and recognize as his own idea.

It is better to excel in any single art than to arrive only at mediocrity in several, so moderate skill in several is to be preferred where one cannot attain to perfection in any.

The living voice is that which sways the soul.