The eternal being..., as it lives in us, also lives in every animal.

We should be surprised that a matter that generally plays such an important part in the life of man has hitherto been almost entirely disregarded by philosophers, and lies before us as raw and untreated material.

Music is the answer to the mystery of life. The most profound of all the arts, It expresses the deepest thoughts of life.

We deceive and flatter no one by such delicate artificies as we do our own selves.

Vulgar people take huge delight in the faults and follies of great men.

Opinion is like a pendulum and obeys the same law.

Honor has not to be won; it must only not be lost.