I expose to men the origin of their first, and perhaps second, reason for existing - Leonardo da Vinci

Non appena nasce la virtù, nasce contro di lei l'invidia, e farà prima il corpo a perdere la sua ombra che la virtù la sua invidia.

The ball of snow when, as it rolls, it descends from the snowy mountains, increases in size as it falls.

Whenever you make a figure of a man or of some graceful animal remember to avoid making it seem wooden; that is it should move with counterpoise and balance in such a way as not to seem a block of wood.