What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world, and yet loses his soul?

Death tugs at my ear and says: "Live, I am coming."

Critics are our friends, they tell us our faults.

The best way to have a good idea is to have lots of ideas.

The best and most beautiful things in this world cannot be seen not touched... but felt in the heart.

Yet such is oft the course of deeds that move the wheels of the world: small hands do them becuase they must, while the eyes of the great are elsewhere.

Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time, for that is the stuff life is made of.

The very essence of love is uncertainty.

Rich gifts wax poor when givers prove unkind.

If I am not making music, I have no reason for existing.