Music is the medicine of the breaking heart.
Occupation is the necessary basis of all enjoyment.
Whatever evil befalls us, we ought to ask ourselves... how we can turn it into good. So shall we take occasion, from one bitter root, to raise perhaps many flowers.
Your second-hand bookseller is second to none in the worth of the treasures he dispenses.
The last excessive feelings of delight are always grave.
There are two worlds: The world that we can measure with line and rule, and the world we feel with our hearts and imaginations.