"Beauty is certainly a soft, smooth, slippery thing, and therefore of a nature which easily slips in and permeates our souls."

"I used to imagine that no human can make men good; but I know better now."

"God is the cause only of good."

"Knowledge is the food of the soul."

"By harming a horse, you decrease his excellence. Thus, by harming a person, you decrease their excellence."

"He that lendeth to another in time of prosperity, shall never want help himself in the time of adversity."

"Any man may easily do harm, but not every man can do good to another."

"Music and rhythm find their way into the secret places of the soul."

"Character is simply habit long continued."

"A work well begun is half ended."