Some people carry their hearts in their heads; very many carry their heads in their hearts. The difficulty is to keep them apart, and yet both actively working together.

Smiles are the language of love.

Sudden resolutions, like the sudden rise of the mercury in the barometer, indicate little else than the changeableness of the weather.

Purity is the feminine, Truth the masculine, of Honour.

There seem near as many people that want passion as want reason.

Men who never get carried away should be.

Most of all I admire Mozart's capacity to be both deep and rational, a combination often said to be impossible. ~ Allan Bloom