Oh, what a world full of pain we create, for a little taste upon the tongue.

Nothing is harder to direct than a man in prosperity; nothing more easily managed that one is adversity.

Music, to create harmony, must investigate discord.

Blinded as they are to their true character by self-love, every man is his own first and chiefest flatterer, prepared, therefore, to welcome the flatterer from the outside, who only comes confirming the verdict of the flatterer within.

Statesmen are not only liable to give an account of what they say or do in public, but there is a busy inquiry made into their very meals, beds, marriages, and every other sportive or serious action.

It does not follow, that because a particular work of art succeeds in charming us, its creator also deserves our admiration.

No beast is more savage than man when possessed with power answerable to his rage.