Sometimes the impact of Mozart's music is so immediate that the vision in the mind remains blurred and incomplete, while the soul seems to be directly invaded, drenched in wave upon wave of melancholy.

Politics in the middle of things of the imagination is like a pistol shot in the middle of a concert.

It is from cowardice and not from want of enlightenment that we do not read in our own hearts.

A very small matter, when all is said; only a fool would be concerned about it.

I am mad, I am going under, I must follow the advice of a friend, and pay no heed to myself.

The worst of prison life, he thought, was not being able to close his door.

Any man who talks about his love affairs thereby proves he is ignorant of love and is moved only by vanity.