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

Our duty is to be useful, not according to our desires but according to our powers.

Righteous ends, thus approved, absolve of guilt the most violent means.

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

To marry unequally is to suffer equally.

Analysis kills spontaneity. The grain once ground into flour springs and germinates no more.

Nothing finite is true, is interesting, is worthy to fix my attention. All that is particular is exclusive, and all that is exclusive repels me.