"The greatest object in the universe, says a certain philosopher, is a good man struggling with adversity; yet there is still a greater, which is the good man that comes to relieve it."

"Hope is such a bait, it covers any hook."

"The company of fools may first make us smile, but in the end we always feel melancholy."

"That virtue which requires to be ever guarded is scarce worth the sentinel."

"If we learn the art of yielding what must be yielded to the changing present, we can save the best of the past."

"A quiet mind is capable of understanding that the silence between the notes creates the music."

"A work of art is above all an adventure of the mind."

"A picture is a poem without words."