Taste Has Never Been Corrupted By Simplicity.

Ornaments Were Invented By Modesty.

Mediocrity Is Excellence In The Eyes Of The Mediocre.

We Must Respect The Past, And Mistrust The Present, If We Wish To Provide For The Safety Of The Future.

A Maxim Is The Exact And Noble Expression Of An Important And Indisputable Truth. Good Maxims Are The Germs Of All Excellence; When Firmly Fixed On The Memory, They Nourish The Will.

When The Painter Wishes To Represent An Event, He Cannot Place Before Us Too Great A Number Of Personages; But He Cannot Employ Too Few When He Wishes To Portray An Emotion.