“The eyes are the gateway to the soul.”

“Eyes are more accurate witnesses than ears.”

“The common people are but ill judges of a man's merits; they are slaves to fame, and their eyes are dazzled with the pomp of titles and large retinue. No wonder, then, that they bestow their honors on those who least deserve them.”

“There is only one way to see things, until someone shows us how to look at them with different eyes”

“It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.”

“Of all the preposterous assumptions of humanity over humanity, nothing exceeds most of the criticisms made on the habits of the poor by the well-housed, well- warmed, and well-fed.”

“To know how to grow old is the master work of wisdom, and one of the most difficult chapters in the great art of living.”