“A truth that's told with bad intentBeats all the lies you can invent.”

“The prince's robes and beggar's rags,Are toadstools on the miser's bags.A truth that's told with bad intent,Beats all the lies you can invent”

“Truth can never be told so as to be understood and not be believed.”

“Never seek to tell thy love; Love that never told can be. For the gentle wind does move silently.. invisibly.”

“I was angry with my friend:I told my wrath, my wrath did end.I was angry with my foe:I told it not, my wrath did grow.”

“The difference between a good artist and a bad one is: the bad artist seems to copy a great deal, the good one really does.”

“Everything to be imagined is an image of truth.”