He who has calmly reconciled his life to fate, and set proud death beneath his feet, can look fortune in the face, unbending both to good and bad; his countenance unconquered.

If there is a God, whence proceed so many evils? If there is no God, whence cometh any good?

If there is anything good about nobility it is that it enforces the necessity of avoiding degeneracy.

Every man must be content with that glory which he may have at home.

Music is so naturally united with us that we cannot be free from it - even if we so desired.

He who is virtuous is wise; and he who is wise is good; and he who is good is happy.

No man can ever be secure until he has been forsaken by Fortune.