The painter has the Universe in his mind and hands.
Life well spent is long.
He who is fixed to a star does not change his mind.
Tears come from the heart and not from the brain.
The acquisition of knowledge is always of use to the intellect, because it may thus drive out useless things and retain the good. For nothing can be loved or hated unless it is first known.
In order to arrive at knowledge of the motions of birds in the air, it is first necessary to acquire knowledge of the winds, which we will prove by the motions of water in itself, and this knowledge w...
That which can be lost cannot be deemed riches. Virtue is our true wealth and the true reward of its possessor; it cannot be lost, it never deserts us until life leaves us. Hold property and external...
Time stays long enough for anyone who will use it.
Just as food eaten without appetite is a tedious nourishment, so does study without zeal damage the memory by not assimilating what it absorbs.
Our life is made by the death of others.
Where the spirit does not work with the hand, there is no art.
Where there is shouting, there is no true knowledge.
Water is the driving force of all nature.
Anyone who conducts an argument by appealing to authority is not using his intelligence he is just using his memory.
He turns not back who is bound to a star.
I have from an early age abjured the use of meat, and the time will come when men such as I will look upon the murder of animals as they now look upon the murder of men.
To such an extent does nature delight and abound in variety that among her trees there is not one plant to be found which is exactly like another; and not only among the plants, but among the boughs,...
Obstacles cannot crush me every obstacle yields to stern resolve.
To become an artist you have to be curious.
He who does not value life does not deserve it.