A great revolution is never the fault of the people, but of the government.

It is a mistake for a taciturn, serious-minded woman to marry a jovial man, but not for a serious-minded man to marry a lighthearted woman.

It is opposition that makes us productive.

Every reader, if he has a strong mind, reads himself into the book, and amalgamates his thoughts with those of the author.

Music is so elevated that it is beyond the reach of intellect and there flows from it an influence which is all-potent, and which noone can explain.

The mediator of the inexpressible is the work of art.

The mortal race is far too weak not to grow dizzy on unwonted brights.