At bottom, every state regards another as a gang of robbers who will fall upon it as soon as there is an opportunity.

A man's delight in looking forward to and hoping for some particular satisfaction is a part of the pleasure flowing out of it, enjoyed in advance. But this is afterward deducted, for the more we look forward to anything the less we enjoy it when it comes.

The effect of music is so very much more powerful and penetrating than is that of the other arts, for these others speak only of the shadow, but music of the essence.

The greatest achievements of the human mind are generally received with distrust.

A hedge between keeps friendship green.

Mankind cannot get on without a certain amount of absurdity.

In action a great heart is the chief qualification. In work, a great head.