My true self contains every possibility.
Of all the affections which attend human life, the love of glory is the most ardent.
Fire and swords are slow engines of destruction, compared to the tongue of a Gossip.
Readings is to the mind what exercice is to the body.
Among all the diseases of the mind there is not one more epidemical or more pernicious than the love of flattery.
People spend their lives in the service of their passions instead of employing their passions in the service of their lives.
There is no Pleasure like that of receiving Praise from the Praiseworthy
It is through strength of technique that the body stays in possession of music.
Thou two-faced year, Mother of Change and Fate. . .
Do not be misled by appearances for these are apt to be deceptive.
I think we're living in an age which despises humanity and despises bravery and doesn't need bravery because modern warfare has rather gone beyond bravery. It is a kind of warfare where people are fighting enemies they never see, killing people of whom they know nothing.