Life is a constant process of dying.

The wise have always said the same things, and fools, who are the majority have always done just the opposite.

Life is a business that does not cover the costs.

Music is the melody whose text is the world.

The mother of useful arts is necessity; that of the fine arts is luxury. For father the former has intellect; the latter genius, which itself is a kind of luxury.

Men need some kind of external activity, because they are inactive within.

Patriotism, when it wants to make itself felt in the domain of learning, is a dirty fellow who should be thrown out of doors.