He who first praises a book becomingly is next in merit to the author.

Contentment is better than divinations or visions.

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

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

The most pernicious of absurdities is that weak, blind, stupid faith is better than the constant practice of every human virtue.

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

When a woman hath ceased to be quite the same to us, it matters little how different she becomes.