In Haydn's oratorios, the notes present to the imagination not only motions, as, of the snake, the stag, and the elephant, but colors also; as the green grass.

Though I am weak, yet God, when prayed, Cannot withhold his conquering aid.

The young man reveres men of genius, because, to speak truly, they are more himself than he is.

Wait, and thy soul shall speak.

Every man is as lazy as he dares to be.

Man is a piece of the universe made alive

I unsettle all things.