Buildings Have Been Made Because Of Man.

The Arts Are Learnt By Reason And Method; They Are Mastered By Practice.

Men Are Themselves The Source Of Their Own Fortune And Misfortune.

Beauty Is The Adjustment Of All Parts Proportionately So That One Cannot Add Or Subtract Or Change Without Impairing The Harmony Of The Whole.

The City Is Like A Great House, And The House In Its Turn A Small City.

The Function Of The Painter Is To Render... The Visible Surface So That At A Certain Distance... And Position It Appears... Like The Body Itself.