Lord Free Me Of Myself, So I

Good Painting Is The Kind That Looks Like Sculpture.

The Best Of Artists Has No Conception That The Marble Alone Does Not Contain Within Itself.

If We Have Been Pleased With Life, We Should Not Be Displeased With Death, Since It Comes From The Hand Of The Same Master.

You Must Know That I Am, Of All Men Who Were Ever Born, The Most Inclined To Love Persons. Whenever I Behold Someone Who Possesses Any Talent Or Displays Any Dexterity Of Mind, Who Can Do Or Say Something More Appropriately Than The Rest Of The World, I Am Compelled To Fall In Love With Him; And Then I Give Myself Up To Him So Entirely That I Am No Longer My Own Property, But Wholly His.

Do You Know That Women Who Are Chaste Remain Much Fresher Than Those Who Are Not?