Still when the lust of tyrant power succeeds, some Athens perishes, or some Tully bleeds.

Love finds an altar for forbidden fires.

Coffee which makes the politician wise, and see through all things with his half-shut eyes.

But thousands die without or this or that, Die, and endow a college or a cat.

Not to go back is somewhat to advance, and men must walk, at least, before they dance.

The pure and noble, the graceful and dignified, simplicity of language is nowhere in such perfection as in the Scriptures and Homer. The whole book of Job, with regard both to sublimity of thought and morality, exceeds, beyond all comparison, the most noble parts of Homer.

Only music has the ability to take you to the edge of reality and allow you to peek in for a moment.