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

It is the glorious doom of literature that the evil perishes and the good remains.

It is an error to suppose that courage means courage in everything.

Better than fame is still the wish for fame, the constant training for a glorious strife.

There is one form of hope which is never unwise, and which certainly does not diminish with the increase of knowledge. In that form it changes its name, and we call it patience.

The best teacher is the one who suggests rather than dogmatizes, and inspires his listener with the wish to teach himself.

Revenge is a common passion; it is the sin of the uninstructed.