Mannerism Is Always Longing To Have Done,

Riches Amassed In Haste Will Diminish; But Those Collected By Hand And Little By Little Will Multiply.

I Had Toward The Poetic Art A Peculiar Relation Which Was Only Practical After I Had Cherished In My Mind For A Long Time A Subject Which Possessed Me, A Model Which Inspired Me, A Predecessor Who Attracted Me, Until At Length, After I Had Molded It

True Art Can Only Spring From The Intimate Linking Of The Serious And The Playful.

A Man Who Is Ignorant Of Foreign Languages Is Also Ignorant Of His Own Language.

You Can Easily Judge The Character Of A Man By How He Treats Those Who Can Do Nothing For Him.