The difference between a bad artist and a good one is: the bad artist seems to copy a great deal the good one really does. great
The weak in courage is strong in cunning. courage
A truth that's told with bad intent beats all the lies you can invent. truth
When I tell the truth, it is not for the sake of convincing those who do not know it, but for the sake of defending those that do. truth
The bird a nest, the spider a web, man friendship. friendship
I must create a system or be enslaved by another mans I will not reason and compare: my business is to create. business
The true method of knowledge is experiment. knowledge
Art can never exist without naked beauty displayed. art & beauty
Where mercy, love, and pity dwell, there God is dwelling too. God
In seed time learn, in harvest teach, in winter enjoy. time
Love seeketh not itself to please, nor for itself hath any care, but for another gives its ease, and builds a Heaven in Hell's despair. love
Active Evil is better than Passive Good. good
Eternity is in love with the productions of time. time
The glory of Christianity is to conquer by forgiveness. forgiveness & religion
Prisons are built with stones of Law. Brothels with the bricks of religion. religion
Think in the morning. Act in the noon. Eat in the evening. Sleep in the night. morning
It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend. forgiveness
He who binds to himself a joy Does the winged life destroy But he who kisses the joy as it flies Lives in eternity's sun rise. life
The man who never in his mind and thoughts travel'd to heaven is no artist. travel
The thankful receiver bears a plentiful harvest. thankful & Thanksgiving
Great things are done when men and mountains meet. great & men
Exuberance is beauty. beauty
Art is the tree of life. Science is the tree of death. art, death & science
The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom. wisdom
What is grand is necessarily obscure to weak men. That which can be made explicit to the idiot is not worth my care. men
Excessive sorrow laughs. Excessive joy weeps. sympathy
The hours of folly are measured by the clock but of wisdom, no clock can measure. wisdom
Travelers repose and dream among my leaves. travel
Can I see another's woe, and not be in sorrow too? Can I see another's grief, and not seek for kind relief? sad
Opposition is true friendship. friendship
Fun I love, but too much fun is of all things the most loathsome. Mirth is better than fun, and happiness is better than mirth. happiness
Imagination is the real and eternal world of which this vegetable universe is but a faint shadow. imagination