Only Art And Science Can

Don't Only Practice Your Art, But Force Your Way Into Its Secrets; Art Deserves That, For It And Knowledge Can Raise Man To The Divine.

I Want To Seize Fate By The Throat.

It Is My Wish That You May Have At Better And Freer Life Than I Have Had. Recommend Virtue To Your Children; It Alone, Not Money, Can Make Them Happy. I Speak From Experience; This Was What Upheld Me In Time Of Misery.

I Love A Tree More Than A Man.

Artists Who Have Won Fame Are Often Embarrassed By It; Thus Their First Works Are Often Their Best.