There are more men ennobled by study than by nature.

Fortune is not only blind herself, but blinds the people she has embraced.

No tempest or conflagration, however great, is harder to quell than mob carried away by the novelty of power.

Nothing is more noble, nothing more venerable than fidelity.

If we lose affection and kindliness from our life: we lose all that gives it charm.

In ancient times music was the foundation of all the sciences. Education was begun with music with the persuasion that nothing could be expected of a man who was ignorant of music.

To be content with what we possess is the greatest and most secure of riches.