Art, as far as it is able, follows nature, as a pupil imitates his master; thus your art must be, as it were, God's grandchild.

Beauty awakens the soul to act.

Heat cannot be separated from fire, or beauty from The Eternal.

There is no greater sorrow than to recall happiness in times of misery.

The sad souls of those who lived without blame and without praise.

Be as a tower firmly set; Shakes not its top for any blast that blows.

Consider your origins: you were not made to live as brutes, but to follow virtue and knowledge.

Nature is the art of God.

The secret of getting things done is to act!

The darkest places in hell are reserved for those who maintain their neutrality in times of moral crisis.

Pride, envy, avarice - these are the sparks have set on fire the hearts of all men.

All hope abandon, ye who enter here!