Wisdom is neither gold, nor silver, nor fame, nor wealth, nor health, nor strength, nor beauty.

Had I a careful and pleasant companion that should show me my angry face in a glass, I should not at all take it ill; to behold man's self so unnaturally disguised and dishonored will conduce not a little to the impeachment of anger.

The whole of life is but a moment of time. It is our duty, therefore to use it, not to misuse it.

Painting is silent poetry.

The first evil those who are prone to talk suffer, is that they hear nothing.

The measure of a man is the way he bears up under misfortune.

The obligations of law and equity reach only to mankind; but kindness and beneficence should be extended to the creatures of every species, and these will flow from the breast of a true man, as streams that issue from the living fountain.