The biggest problem with every art is by the use of appearance to create a loftier reality.

A vain man can never be altogether rude. Desirous as he is of pleasing, he fashions his manners after those of others.

All that is noble is in itself of a quiet nature, and appears to sleep until it is aroused and summoned forth by contrast.

Whatever Nature undertakes, she can only accomplish it in a sequence. She never makes a leap.

For a brave man deserves a well-endowed girl.

The effects of good music are not just because it's new; on the contrary music strikes us more the more familiar we are with it.

With knowledge grows doubt.