A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is brave five minutes longer.
The stars awaken a certain reverence, because though always present, they are inaccessible.
Manners are very communicable: men catch them from each other.
If you would lift me up, you've got to be on higher ground.
What omniscience has music! So absolutely impersonal, and yet every sufferer feels his secret sorrow soothed.
If we follow the truth, it will bring us out safe at last.