“Music is the melody whose text is the world.”
Music“Because people have no thoughts to deal in, they deal cards, and try and win one another's money. Idiots!”
Money“Music is the melody whose text is the world.”
Music“The doctor sees all the weakness of mankind the lawyer all the wickedness, the theologian all the stupidity.”
Medical“To live alone is the fate of all great souls.”
Alone“Suffering by nature or chance never seems so painful as suffering inflicted on us by the arbitrary will of another.”
Nature“Every possession and every happiness is but lent by chance for an uncertain time, and may therefore be demanded back the next hour.”
Happiness“Sleep is the interest we have to pay on the capital which is called in at death and the higher the rate of interest and the more regularly it is paid, the further the date of redemption is postponed.”
Death“Because people have no thoughts to deal in, they deal cards, and try and win one another's money. Idiots!”
Money“Men are by nature merely indifferent to one another but women are by nature enemies.”
Men“Newspapers are the second hand of history. This hand, however, is usually not only of inferior metal to the other hands, it also seldom works properly.”
History“The fundament upon which all our knowledge and learning rests is the inexplicable.”
Knowledge“It is with trifles, and when he is off guard, that a man best reveals his character.”
Best“Buying books would be a good thing if one could also buy the time to read them in: but as a rule the purchase of books is mistaken for the appropriation of their contents.”
Good“There is no absurdity so palpable but that it may be firmly planted in the human head if you only begin to inculcate it before the age of five, by constantly repeating it with an air of great solemnity.”
Age“The greatest of follies is to sacrifice health for any other kind of happiness.”
Happiness“Will power is to the mind like a strong blind man who carries on his shoulders a lame man who can see.”
Power“Religion is the masterpiece of the art of animal training, for it trains people as to how they shall think.”
Art“With people of limited ability modesty is merely honesty. But with those who possess great talent it is hypocrisy.”
Great“Talent hits a target no one else can hit Genius hits a target no one else can see.”
Intelligence“After your death you will be what you were before your birth.”
Death“As the biggest library if it is in disorder is not as useful as a small but well-arranged one, so you may accumulate a vast amount of knowledge but it will be of far less value than a much smaller amount if you have not thought it over for yourself.”
Knowledge