Religion is the only metaphysic that the multitude can understand and adopt.

Who ever has no fixed opinions has no constant feelings.

He who cannot see the beautiful side is a bad painter, a bad friend, a bad lover; he cannot lift his mind and his heart so high as goodness.

One man finds in religion his literature and his science, another finds in it his joy and his duty.

Every modulated sound is not a song, and every voice that executes a beautiful air does not sing. Singing should enchant. But to produce this effect there must be a quality of soul and voice which is by no means common even with great singers.

It is not my words that I polish, but my ideas.

Moderation consists in being moved as angels are moved.