All the gold which is under or upon the earth is not enough to give in exchange for virtue.

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It is a common saying, and in everybody's mouth, that life is but a sojourn.

It is a common saying, and in everybody's mouth, that life is but a sojourn.

Music and rhythm find their way into the secret places of the soul

Music and rhythm find their way into the secret places of the soul

We do not learn; and what we call learning is only a process of recollection.

We do not learn; and what we call learning is only a process of recollection.

The beginning is the most important part of the work.

The beginning is the most important part of the work.

Courage is knowing what not to fear.

Courage is knowing what not to fear.

States are as the men, they grow out of human characters.

States are as the men, they grow out of human characters.

Courage is a kind of salvation.

Courage is a kind of salvation.

For the introduction of a new kind of music must be shunned as imperiling the...

For the introduction of a new kind of music must be shunned as imperiling the...

Justice means minding one's own business and not meddling with other men's concerns.

Justice means minding one's own business and not meddling with other men's concerns.

Tyranny naturally arises out of democracy.

Tyranny naturally arises out of democracy.

Dictatorship naturally arises out of democracy, and the most aggravated form of tyranny and slavery...

Dictatorship naturally arises out of democracy, and the most aggravated form of tyranny and slavery...

The direction in which education starts a man will determine his future in life.

The direction in which education starts a man will determine his future in life.

We ought to esteem it of the greatest importance that the fictions which children first...

We ought to esteem it of the greatest importance that the fictions which children first...

Music is a moral law. It gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind,...

Music is a moral law. It gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind,...

For a man to conquer himself is the first and noblest of all victories.

For a man to conquer himself is the first and noblest of all victories.

He who commits injustice is ever made more wretched than he who suffers it.

He who commits injustice is ever made more wretched than he who suffers it.

Democracy, which is a charming form of government, full of variety and disorder, and dispensing...

Democracy, which is a charming form of government, full of variety and disorder, and dispensing...

Pleasure is the bait of sin

Pleasure is the bait of sin

When pleasure interferes with business, give up business.

When pleasure interferes with business, give up business.

Pleasure is the greatest incentive to evil.

Pleasure is the greatest incentive to evil.

And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him...

And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him...