Nothing should be valued higher than the value of the day.

Oral delivery aims at persuasion and making the listener believe they are converted. Few persons are capable of being convinced the majority allow themselves to be persuaded.

Daring ideas are like chessmen moved forward; they may be beaten, but they may start a winning game.

It is only in misery that we recognize the hand of God leading good men to good.

The beautiful is a phenomenon which is never apparent of itself, but is reflected in a thousand different works of the creator.

[W]hat counts is that one perceives excellence and dares to give it expression, which sounds little but is in fact a great deal.

One of the most striking signs of the decay of art is the intermixing of different genres.