The More Merit, The Less Affection.

Keep To Yourself The Final Touches Of Your Art.

There Is No Desert Like Being Friendless.

Exaggeration Is A Prodigality Of The Judgment Which Shows The Narrowness Of One's Knowledge Or One's Taste.

Nature Scarcely Ever Gives Us The Very Best; For That We Must Have Recourse To Art.

A Brand New Mediocrity Is Thought More Of Than Accustomed Excellence.