Political Truth Is Libel; Religious Truth, Blasphemy.

Within My Heart Is Lurking Suspicion, And Base Fear, And Shame And Hate; But Above All, Tyrannous Love Sits Throned, Crowned With Her Graces, Silent And In Tears.

He Will Never Have True Friends Who Is Afraid Of Making Enemies.

Painters... Are The Most Lively Observers Of What Passes In The World About Them, And The Closest Observers Of What Passes In Their Own Minds.

The Humblest Painter Is A True Scholar; And The Best Of Scholars The Scholar Of Nature.

Without The Aid Of Prejudice And Custom, I Should Not Be Able To Find My Way Across The Room.