Every day look at a beautiful picture, read a beautiful poem, listen to some beautiful music, and if possible, say some reasonable thing.

Thou must (in commanding and winning, or serving and losing, suffering or triumphing) be either anvil or hammer.

Music is either sacred or secular. The sacred agrees with its dignity, and here has its greatest effect on life, an effect that remains the same through all ages and epochs. Secular music should be cheerful throughout.

If a man or woman is born ten years sooner or later, their whole aspect and performance shall be different.

Say what you will of fortitude, but show me the man who can patiently endure the laughter of fools when they have obtained an advantage over him. 'Tis only when their nonsense is without foundation that one can suffer it without complaint.

If you want to get pleasure out of life, you must attach value to the world.

When you lose interest in anything, you also lose the memory for it.