To know where one is going and what one wishes - this is order ... to organize one's life to distribute one's time ... all this belong to and is included in the word order.

We are never more discontented with others than when we are discontented with ourselves.

Let us be true: this is the highest maxim of art and of life, the secret of eloquence and of virtue, and of all moral authority.

What we call little things are merely the causes of great things.

Destiny has two ways of crushing us - by refusing our wishes and by fulfilling them.

A musical theme once exhausted, finds its due refuge and repose in silence.

Music is harmony, harmony is perfection, perfection is our dream, and our dream is heaven.