There is anguish in the recollection that we have not adequately appreciated the affection of those whom we have loved and lost.

Where knowledge ends, religion begins.

Judaism is not complete without Christianity and without Judaism, Christianity would not exist.

The sympathy of sorrow is stronger than the sympathy of prosperity.

As we retain but a faint remembrance of our felicity, it is but fair that the smartest stroke of sorrow should, if bitter, at least be brief.

Great countries are those that produce great people.

Were it not for music, we might in these days say, the Beautiful is dead.