Drawing is the true test of art.
Refrain from asking what going to happen tomorrow, and everyday that fortune grants you, count as gain.
He who has begun has half done. Dare to be wise; begin!
Painters and poets have equal license in regard to everything.
When angry, count ten before you speak; if very angry, one hundred.
Begin, be bold and venture to be wise.
Anger is momentary madness, so control your passion or it will control you.
You must often make erasures if you mean to write what is worthy of being read a second time; and don’t labor for the admiration of the crowd, but be content with a few choice readers.
The greatest lesson in life is to know that even fools are right sometimes.
Remember when life’s path is steep to keep your mind even.
Who then is free? The wise man who can command himself.
No steps backward.
Life gives nothing to man without labor.
Mix a little foolishness with your prudence: It’s good to be silly at the right moment.
Force without wisdom falls of its own weight.
Subdue your passion or it will subdue you.
Faults are soon copied.
And Tragedy should blush as much to stoop To the low mimic follies of a farce, As a grave matron would to dance with girls.
He has not lived badly whose birth and death has been unnoticed by the world.
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