The Greatest Joy Of A Thinking Man

Plants And Flowers Of The Commonest Kind Can Form A Pleasing Diary, Because Nothing Which Calls Back To Us The Remembrance Of A Happy Moment Can Be Insignificant.

Self Knowledge Is Best Learned Not By Contemplation, But By Action.

The Whole History Of The Christian Church Is A Mixture Of Errors And Violence.

Taste Is Only To Be Educated By Contemplation, Not Of The Tolerably Good But Of The Truly Excellent. I Therefore Show You Only The Best Works; And When You Are Grounded In These, You Will Have A Standard For The Rest, Which You Will Know How To Value, Without Overrating Them.

Art Is A Mediator Of The Unspeakable.