Music, once admitted to the soul, becomes a sort of spirit, and never dies.

That man will never be a perfect gentleman who lives only with gentlemen. To be a man of the world we must view that world in every grade and in every perspective.

The astronomer who catalogues the stars cannot add one atom to the universe; the poet can call an universe from the atom.

The cleverness of avarice is but the cunning of imbecility.

I was always an early riser. Happy the man who is! Every morning day comes to him with a virgin's love, full of bloom and freshness. The youth of nature is contagious, like the gladness of a happy child.

Music, once admitted to the soul, becomes a sort of spirit, and never dies.

The higher the rank the less pretence, because there is less to pretend to.