Music is the child of prayer, the companion of religion.

A master in the art of living draws no sharp distinction between his work and his play; his labor and his leisure; his mind and his body; his education and his recreation. He hardly knows which is which.

An original writer is not one who imitates nobody, but one whom nobody can imitate.

The original writer is not he who refrains from imitating others, but he who can be imitated by none.

A moral character is attached to autumnal scenes; the leaves falling like our years, the flowers fading like our hours, the clouds fleeting like our illusions, the light diminishing like our intelligence, the sun growing colder like our affections, the rivers becoming frozen like our lives--all bear secret relations to our destinies.

Justice is the bread of the nation; it is always hungry for it.

You are not superior just because you see the world in an odious light.