Friendship may sometimes step a few paces in advance of truth.

A little praise is good for a shy temper; it teaches it to rely on the kindness of others.

Everything that looks to the future elevates human nature.

Of all failures, to fail in a witticism is the worst, and the mishap is the more calamitous in a drawn-out and detailed one

Music is God's gift to man, the only art of Heaven given to earth, the only art of earth we take to Heaven.

The heart that once has been bathed in love's pure fountain retains the pulse of youth forever.

We talk on principal, but act on motivation.