“Every man has his secret sorrows which the world knows not; and often times we call a man cold when he is only sad.”

“Music is the universal language of mankind.”

“The soul ... is audible, not visible.”

“Ships that pass in the night, and speak each other in passing, Only a signal shown and a distant voice in the darkness; So on the ocean of life, we pass and speak one another, Only a look and a voice, then darkness again and a silence.”