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

Beauty perishes in life, but is immortal in art.

O Lord, thou givest us everything, at the price of an effort.

Water is the driving force in nature.

In rivers, the water that you touch is the last of what has passed and the first of that which comes; so with present time.

In rivers, the water that you touch is the last of what has passed and the first of that which comes; so with present time.

Wisdom is the daughter of experience.

Life without love, is no life at all.

Once you have tasted the taste of sky, you will forever look up.

Realize that everything connects to everything else.

He who thinks little errs much.

Tears come from the heart and not from the brain.

Ask advice of him who governs himself well.

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

One has no right to love or hate anything if one has not acquired a thorough knowledge of its nature. Great love springs from great knowledge of the beloved object, and if you know it but little you will be able to love it only a little or not at all.

Nature never breaks her own laws.

All sciences are vain and full of errors that are not born of Experience, the mother of all Knowledge.