Democracy is always the work of kings. Ashes, which in themselves are sterile, fertilize the land they are cast upon.

The Siren waits thee, singing song for song.

My thoughts are my company; I can bring them together, select them, detain them, dismiss them.

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

Truth sometimes corner unawares upon Caution, and sometimes speaks in public as unconsciously as in a dream.

A true philosopher is beyond the reach of fortune.

Truth is a point, the subtlest and finest; harder than adamant; never to be broken, worn away, or blunted. Its only bad quality is, that it is sure to hurt those who touch it; and likely to draw blood, perhaps the life blood, of those who press earnestly upon it.