Music, among those who were styled the chosen people, was a religious art.

Among the several kinds of beauty, the eye takes most delight in colors.

Thy steady temper, Portius, Can look on guilt, rebellion, fraud, and Cæsar, In the calm lights of mild philosophy.

Nothing is capable of being well set to music that is not nonsense.

Tradition is an important help to history, but its statements should be carefully scrutinized before we rely on them.

Nothing is more gratifying to the mind of man than power or dominion.

Jesters do often prove prophets.