Let there be truth between us.
The ideal of beauty is simplicity and tranquility.
Faust: Who holds the devil, let him hold him well, He hardly will be caught a second time.
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.
One can be instructed in society, one is inspired only in solitude.
Beauty vanishes; virtue is lasting.