There are many more shining qualities in the mind of man, but there is none so useful as discretion.
Music, the greatest good that mortals know and all of heaven we have hear below.
Great souls by instinct to each other turn, demand alliance, and in friendship burn.
Who rant by note, and through the gamut rage; in songs and airs express their martial fire; combat in trills, and in a fugue expire.
The most skillful flattery is to let a person talk on, and be a listener.
The time never lies heavy upon him; it is impossible for him to be alone.