"If music be the food of love, play on, Give me excess of it; that surfeiting, The appetite may sicken, and so die."

"Religion began when the first scoundrel met the first fool."

"Our wretched species is so made that those who walk on the well-trodden path always throw stones at those who are showing a new road."

"Prejudices are what fools use for reason."

"Perfect is the enemy of good."

"Reading nurtures the soul, and an enlightened friend brings it solace."