The scientific mind does not so much provide the right answers 

as ask the right questions.

Absence of proof is not proof of absence.

Life and death are one thread, 

the same line viewed from different sides.

Be faithful to that which exists within yourself.

It takes an extraordinary intelligence to contemplate the obvious.

Intelligence and courtesy 

not always are combined; 

Often in a wooden house 

a golden room we find.

A noble man compares and estimates himself 

by an idea which is higher than himself; 

and a mean man, 

by one lower than himself. 

The one produces aspiration; 

the other ambition, 

which is the way in which a vulgar man aspires.

Music is the emotional life of most people.

Honour sinks where commerce long prevails.

It is difficult to free fools from the chains they revere.

Layer by layer 

art strips life bare.

We're born alone, 

we live alone, 

we die alone. 

Only through our love and friendship 

can we create the illusion 

for the moment 

that we're not alone.

All meanings, 

we know, 

depend on the key of interpretation.

The excellency of every art is its intensity, 

capable of making all disagreeable evaporate.