Man is neither good nor bad, he is born with instincts and skills.
Ambition is the dung of glory.
Pietro Aretino
Seeing good and not doing it is a sign of cowardice.
Confucius
It is necessary to resort to art when nature is stingy.
Friedrich Schiller
The tallest pine is the one that the wind shakes most often.
Horace
Houses are built to be lived in, not looked at.
Francis Bacon