Ah! Devout Though I May

Perfect Reason Flees All Extremity, And Leads One To Be Wise With Sobriety.

Words And Deeds Are Far From Being One. Much That Is Talked About Is Left Undone.

There Is No Fate More Distressing For An Artist Than To Have To Show Himself Off Before Fools, To See His Work Exposed To The Criticism Of The Vulgar And Ignorant.

One Is Easily Fooled By That Which One Loves.

It Is A Folly Second To None; To Try To Improve The World.