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

Alexander created cities everywhere he passed: I have left dreams everywhere I have trailed my life.

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

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

We must not always try to plumb the depths of the human heart; the truths it contains are among those that are best seen in half-light or in perspective.

Perfect works are rare, because they must be produced at the happy moment when taste and genius unite; and this rare conjuncture, like that of certain planets, appears to occur only after the revolution of several cycles, and only lasts for an instant.

There is nothing beautiful or sweet or great in life that is not mysterious.