The tomb is the pedestal of greatness. I make a distinction between God's great and the king's great.

That which moveth the heart most is the best poetry; it comes nearest unto God, the source of all power.

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

Great men too often have greater faults than little men can find room for.

Politeness is not always a sign of wisdom; but the want of it always leaves room for a suspicion of folly, if folly and imprudence are the same.

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

Death stands above me, whispering low I know not what into my ear; Of his strange language all I know Is, there is not a word of fear.