Nothing Overshadows Truth So Much As Authority.

Perhaps The Artist Who Seeks Dignity Above All In His 'historia', Ought To Represent Very Few Figures; For As Paucity Of Words Imparts Majesty To A Prince, Provided Histhoughts And Orders Are Understood, So The Presence Of Only The Strictly Necessary Numbers Of Bodies Confers Dignity On A Picture.

It Was Never Shameful To Learn From Any Teacher Things That Are Useful To Know.

The Arts Are Learnt By Reason And Method; They Are Mastered By Practice.

Men Are Themselves The Source Of Their Own Fortune And Misfortune.

A Common Error Of Ignorance Is To Maintain That What One Does Not Know Does Not Exist.