What a poor appearance the tales of poets make when stripped of the colours which music puts upon them, and recited in simple prose.
Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something.
Astronomy compels the soul to look upwards and leads us from this world to another.
Bodily exercise, when compulsory, does no harm to the body; but knowledge which is acquired under compulsion obtains no hold on the mind.
The beginning is the most important part of the work.
Necessity, who is the mother of invention.
Music gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and charm and gaiety to life.
Democracy, which is a charming form of government, full of variety and disorder, and dispensing a sort of equality to equals and unequals alike.
Every heart sings a song, incomplete, until another heart whispers back. Those who wish to sing always find a song. At the touch of a lover, everyone becomes a poet.
