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.

In the colored reflection we have Life.

Each traveler should know what he has to see, and what properly belongs to him, on a journey.

We gladly put antiquity above our age but not posterity. Only a father doesn't begrudge his son's talent.

The decline of literature indicates the decline of a nation.

Difficulties increase the nearer we get to the goal.

I treat my heart like a sick child and gratify its every fancy