There are no grotesques in nature; not anything framed to fill up empty cantons, and unnecessary spaces.

Half our days we pass in the shadow of the earth; and the brother of death exacteth a third part of our lives.

Think before you act; think twice before you speak.

To be content with death may be better than to desire it.

By compassion we make others' misery our own, and so, by relieving them, we relieve ourselves also.

Yes, even amongst wiser militants, how many wounds have been given, and credits slain, for the poor victory of an opinion, or beggarly conquest of a distinction.

Art is the perfection of nature, ... nature is the art of God.