The human race is governed by its imagination.
Fanaticism must be put to sleep before it can be eradicated.
The only victories which leave no regret are those which are gained over ignorance.
Music, of all the liberal arts, has the greatest influence over the passions, and it is that to which the legislator ought to give the greatest encouragement.
We are born, we live, we die among supernatural.
One must learn to forgive and not to hold a hostile, bitter attitude of mind, which offends those about us and prevents us from enjoying ourselves. One must recognize human shortcomings and adjust himself to them rather than to be constantly finding fault with them.