Nobility Of Birth Commonly Abateth Industry.

When I Paint I Am Ageless, I Just Have The Pleasure Or The Difficulty Of Painting.

Whence We See Spiders, Flies, Or Ants Entombed And Preserved Forever In Amber, A More Than Royal Tomb.

Reading Maketh A Full Man; Conference A Ready Man; And Writing An Exact Man.

He Who Desires Solitude Is Either An Animal Or A God.

God Almighty First Planted A Garden. And Indeed It Is The Purest Of Human Pleasures. It Is The Greatest Refreshment To The Spirits Of Man, Without Which Buildings And Palaces Are But Gross Handiworks. And A Man Shall Ever See, That When Ages Grow To Civility And Elegancy, Men Come To Build Stately Sooner Than To Garden Finely, As If Gardening Were The Greater Perfection.