The Important Thing In Life

On Top Of The World, Or In The Depths Of Despair.

Painting Predicates What Man Wants To See, And What Man Ought To See, Not What He Ordinarily Sees.

To Venture An Opinion Is Like Moving A Piece At Chess: It May Be Taken, But It Forms The Beginning Of A Game That Is Won.

Perfection Is The Measure Of Heaven, And The Wish To Be Perfect The Measure Of Man.

Ill-humor Is Nothing More Than An Inward Feeling Of Our Own Want Of Merit, A Dissatisfaction With Ourselves Which Is Always United With An Envy That Foolish Vanity Excites.