There is a vast deal of vital air in loving words.

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

Do not expect to be acknowledged for what you are, much less for what you would be; since no one can well measure a great man but upon the bier.

Moroseness is the evening of turbulence.

A smile is ever the most bright and beautiful with a tear upon it. What is the dawn without the dew? The tear is rendered by the smile precious above the smile itself.

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.

The foundation of domestic happiness is faith in the virtue of woman.