And there is no trade or employment but the young man following it may become a hero.

All music is what awakes from you when you are reminded by the instruments. It is not the violins and the cornets-it is not the oboe nor the beating drums, nor the score of the baritone singer singing his sweet romanza-nor that of the women's chorus; it is nearer and farther than they.

Seeing, hearing, feeling, are miracles, and each part and tag of me is a miracle.

The gift is to the giver, and comes back most to him - it cannot fail

Once fully enslaved, no nation, state, city of this earth ever afterward resumes its liberty.

O joy of suffering! To struggle against great odds! to meet enemies undaunted! To be entirely alone with them! to find how much one can stand! To look strife, torture, prison, popular odium, death, face to face! To mount the scaffold! to advance to the muzzles of guns with perfect nonchalance! To be indeed a God!

Most works are most beautiful without ornament.