Some of the greatest and most lasting effects of genuine oratory have gone forth from secluded lecture desks into the hearts of quiet groups of students.

Uncompromising thought is the luxury of the closeted recluse.

Only a peace between equals can last. Only a peace the very principle of which is equality and a common participation in a common benefit.

That a peasant may become king does not render the kingdom democratic.

The man who disparages music as a luxury and non-essential is doing the nation an injury. Music now, more than ever before, is a national need.

All things come to him who waits - provided he knows what he is waiting for.

No student knows his subject: the most he knows is where and how to find out the things he does not know