Nothing is more intolerable than to have to admit to yourself your own errors.

It is my belief one should not belittle the artist; while, however glorious his fame may seem, his time on Mount Olympus as an honourable guest of Zeus is short. It's a pity, but all too eager will the common folk drag him from this etherial heights to the low and trodden earth.

You're a happy fellow, for you'll give happiness and joy to many other people. There is nothing better or greater than that.

The foundation of friendship demands the greatest likeness of human souls and hearts.

Only the flint of a man's mind can strike fire in music.

A great poet is the most precious jewel of a nation.

Anyone who tells a lie has not a pure heart, and cannot make a good soup.