Facts Are Plain Spoken; Hopes And Figures

The Statue Lies Hid In A Block Of Marble; And The Art Of The Statuary Only Clears Away The Superfluous Matter, And Removes The Rubbish.

One Should Take Good Care Not To Grow Too Wise For So Great A Pleasure Of Life As Laughter.

Love Is A Second Life; It Grows Into The Soul, Warms Every Vein, And Beats In Every Pulse.

Certain Is It That There Is No Kind Of Affection So Purely Angelic As Of A Father To A Daughter.

Music, Among Those Who Were Styled The Chosen People, Was A Religious Art.