In words are seen the state of mind and character and disposition of the speaker.

Courage consists not in hazarding without fear; but being resolutely minded in a just cause.

It is no flattery to give a friend a due character; for commendation is as much the duty of a friend as reprehension.

To the Greeks, the supreme function of music was to "praise the gods and educate the youth". In Egypt... Initiatory music was heard only in Temple rites because it carried the vibratory rhythms of other worlds and of a life beyond the mortal.

Custom is almost a second nature.

The measure of a man's life is the well spending of it, and not the length.

It is part of a good man to do great and noble deeds, though he risk everything.