Women should marry when they are about eighteen years of age, and men at seven and thirty; then they are in the prime of life, and the decline in the powers of both will coincide.

I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self.

A period may be defined as a portion of speech that has in itself a beginning and an end, being at the same time not too big to be taken in at a glance

Music directly represents the passions of the soul. If one listens to the wrong kind of music, he will become the wrong kind of person.

The greatest of all pleasures is the pleasure of learning.

A democracy is a government in the hands of men of low birth, no property, and vulgar employments.

Good habits formed at youth make all the difference.