A man should hear a little music, read a little poetry, and see a fine picture every day of his life, in order that worldly cares may not obliterate the sense of the beautiful which God has implanted in the human soul.

Colour itself is a degree of darkness.

Love and desire are the spirit's wings to great deeds.

Mozart is a human incarnation of the divine force of creation.

All sects seem to me to be right in what they assert, and wrong in what they deny.

Do not hurry; do not rest.

The art of governing is a great metier, requiring the whole man, and it is therefore not well for a ruler to have too strong tendencies for other affairs.