Like a sea-beast fished up from the depths, or a diver too suddenly hoisted, my veins threatened to burst from the fall in pressure. I had great anxiety and no means of relieving it ... And then it was that the Muse of Painting came to my rescue - out of charity and out of chivalry ... - and said, "Are these toys any good to you? They amuse some people."

I'm too busy. I have no time for worry.

No one should waste a day.

There is, therefore, wisdom in reserving one's decisions as long as possible and until all the facts and forces that will be potent at the moment are revealed.

Never hold discussions with the monkey when the organ grinder is in the room.

The acts we engage in for appeasment today, we will have to remedy at far greater cost and remorse tomorrow.

If the past sits in judgment on the present, the future will be lost.