It Is Opposition That Makes Us Productive.

A Resolution That Is Communicated Is No Longer Within Thy Power; Thy Attentions Become Now The Plaything Of Chance; He Who Would Have His Commands Certainly Carried Out Must Take Man By Surprise.

One Must Be Something, In Order To Do Something.

Out Of Moderation A Pure Happiness Springs.

Many Young Painters Would Never Have Taken Their Pencils In Hand If They Could Have Felt, Known, And Understood, Early Enough, What Really Produced A Master Like Raphael.

I Will Be Lord Over Myself.