The beating of drums, which delights young writers who serve a party, sounds to him who does not belong to the party line like a rattling of chains, and excites sympathy rather than admiration.

I change too quickly: my today refutes my yesterday. When I ascend I often jump over steps, and no step forgives me that.

By means of music the very passions, enjoy themselves.

Original minds are not distinguished by being the first to see a new thing, but instead by seeing the old, familiar thing that is over-looked as something new.

A martyr's disciples suffer more than the martyr.

In song and dance, man forgets how to walk and speak and is on the way into flying into the air, dancing... his very gestures express enchantment.

One has to pay dearly for immortality; one has to die several times while one is still alive.