Liberty of thought is the life of the soul.
We have our arts, the ancients had theirs... We cannot raise obelisks a hundred feet high in a single piece, but our meridians are more exact.
A yawn may not be polite, but at least it is an honest opinion.
It is not love that should be depicted as blind, but self-love.
There are men who can think no deeper than a fact.
The little may contrast with the great, in painting, but cannot be said to be contrary to it. Oppositions of colors contrast; but there are also colors contrary to each other, that is, which produce an ill effect because they shock the eye when brought very near it.