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

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 part of us, and either ennobles or degrades our behavior.

Wretched men cringe before tyrants who have no power, the victims of their trivial hopes and fears. They do not realise that anger is hopeless, fear is pointless and desire all a delusion. He whose heart is fickle is not his own master, has thrown away his shield, deserted his post, and he forges the links of the chain that holds him.

...Whose souls, albeit in a cloudy memory, yet seek back their good, but, like drunk men, know not the road home.

You know when you have found your prince because you not only have a smile on your face but in your heart as well. Love puts the fun in together, the sad in apart, and the joy in a heart. Who would give a law to lovers? Love is unto itself a higher law.