They wrong man greatly who say he is to be seduced by ease. Difficulty, abnegation, martyrdom, death are the allurements that act on the heart of man.

In a different time, in a different place, it is always some other side of our common human nature that has been developing itself. The actual truth is the sum of all these.

The deepest depth of vulgarism is that of setting up money as the ark of the covenant.

The only happiness a brave person ever troubles themselves in asking about, is happiness enough to get their work done.

Lord Bacon could as easily have created the planets as he could have written Hamlet.

O poor mortals, how ye make this earth bitter for each other.

Music is well said to be the speech of angels; in fact, nothing among the utterances allowed to man is felt to be so divine. It brings us near to the infinite.