The best fortune that can fall to a man is that which corrects his defects and makes up for his failings.

Stupidity is without anxiety.

All sects seem to me to be right in what they assert, and wrong in what they deny.

Shakespeare is a great psychologist, and whatever can be known of the heart of man may be found in his plays.

Whenever I hear people talking about liberal ideas, I am always astounded that men should love to fool themselves with empty sounds. An idea should never be liberal; it must be vigorous, positive, and without loose ends so that it may fulfill its divine mission and be productive.

The dignity of art probably appears most eminently with music since it does not have any material that needs to be discounted. Music is all form and content and elevates and ennobles everything that it expresses.

Time flies, and what is past is done.