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...
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.
Life well spent is long.
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...
He who is fixed to a star does not change his mind.
The painter has the Universe in his mind and hands.
Just as food eaten without appetite is a tedious nourishment, so does study without zeal damage the memory by not assimilating what it absorbs.
Tears come from the heart and not from the brain.
Time stays long enough for anyone who will use it.
Where the spirit does not work with the hand, there is no art.
Our life is made by the death of others.
Anyone who conducts an argument by appealing to authority is not using his intelligence he is just using his memory.
Water is the driving force of all nature.
To become an artist you have to be curious.
The function of muscle is to pull and not to push, except in the case of the genitals and the tongue.
Not to punish evil is equivalent to authorizing it.
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,...
It's easier to resist at the beginning than at the end.
Just as courage is the danger of life, so is fear its safeguard.
He turns not back who is bound to a star.
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