“Avoid lawsuits beyond all things; they pervert your conscience, impair your health, and dissipate your property.”

“Memory is the diary that we all carry about with us”

“Music, the greatest good that mortals know, and all of heaven we have below”

“If you have it (love), you don't need to have anything else. If you don't have it, it doesn't matter much what else you have.”

“Honor is not the exclusive property of any political party”

“The love we give away is the only love we keep ”