Study without desire spoils the memory, and it retains nothing that it takes in.

Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.

Wisdom is the daughter of experience.

A painter should begin every canvas with a wash of black, because all things in nature are dark except where exposed by the light.

As a well spent day brings happy sleep, so life well used brings happy death.

He who is fixed to a star does not change his mind.

I love those who can smile in trouble, who can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. It’s the business of little minds to shrink, but they whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves their conduct, will pursue their principles unto death.

Just as a well-filled day brings blessed sleep, so a well-employed life brings a blessed death.

Life without love, is no life at all.

One can have no smaller or greater mastery than mastery of oneself.

There are three classes of people: those who see, those who see when they are shown, those who do not see.

A wave is never found alone, but is mingled with the other waves.

You can have no dominion greater or less than that over yourself.

As you cannot do what you want, want what you can do.

In time and with water, everything changes.

He who thinks little errs much.

Learning is the only thing the mind never exhausts, never fears, and never regrets.

Painting is poetry that is seen rather than felt, and poetry is painting that is felt rather than seen.

Make your work to be in keeping with your purpose.