A noble soul alone can noble souls attract; And knows alone, as ye, to hold them.

Accepting good advice means nothing other than to strengthen one's own ability.

Beauty is at once the ultimate principle and the highest aim of art.

Our passions are the true phoenixes; when the old one is burnt out, a new one rises from its ashes.

He who would reproach an author for obscurity should look into his own mind to see whether it is quite clear there. In the dusk the plainest writing is illegible.

Music, in the best sense, does not require novelty; nay, the older it is, and the more we are accustomed to it, the greater its effect.

Thinking is more interesting than knowing, but less interesting than looking.