Men are divided between those who are as thrifty as if they would live forever, and those who are as extravagant as if they were going to die the next day.

There is more both of beauty and of raison d'etre in the works of nature- than in those of art.

The probable is what usually happens.

The two qualities which chiefly inspire regard and affection are that a thing is your own and that it is your only one.

Since music has so much to do with the molding of character, it is necessary that we teach it to our children.

Evil draws men together.

Metaphysics is universal and is exclusively concerned with primary substance. ... And here we will have the science to study that which is, both in its essence and in the properties which it has.