“Painting is silent poetry, and poetry is painting that speaks.”
“All men whilst they are awake are in one common world: but each of them, when he is asleep, is in a world of his own.”
“It is the admirer of himself, and not the admirer of virtue, that thinks himself superior to others.”
“The whole of life is but a moment of time. It is our duty, therefore to use it, not to misuse it.”
“What we achieve inwardly will change outer reality.”
“I don't need a friend who changes when I change and who nods when I nod; my shadow does that much better.”
“Character is long-standing habit.”
“To find fault is easy; to do better may be difficult.”
“Know how to listen, and you will profit even from those who talk badly.”
“In words are seen the state of mind and character and disposition of the speaker.”
“Silence at the proper season is wisdom, and better than any speech.”
“Courage stands halfway between cowardice and rashness, one of which is a lack, the other an excess of courage.”
“To make no mistakes is not in the power of man; but from their errors and mistakes the wise and good learn wisdom for the future.”
“Let us carefully observe those good qualities wherein our enemies excel us; and endeavor to excel them, by avoiding what is faulty, and imitating what is excellent in them.”
“An imbalance between rich and poor is the oldest and most fatal ailment of all republics.”
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