“When a man resolves to avenge himself, he should first of all tear out the heart from his breast.”

“What a fool I was, not to tear my heart out on the day when I resolved to avenge myself!”

“The heart of a man is a small thing but it desires great matters. It is not big enough for a dog’s dinner but the whole world is not big enough for it. Man spares nothing that lives; he kills to feed himself, he kills to clothe himself, he kills to adorn himself, he kills to attack, he kills to defend himself, he kills to instruct himself, he kills to amuse himself, he kills for the sake of killing. From the lamb he tears its guts and makes his harp resound; from the wolf his most deadly tooth to polish his pretty works of art; from the elephant his tusks to make a toy for his child.(...)And who will exterminate him who exterminates all others?”

“When a man starts out to build a world,He starts first with himself”

“Fool that I am," said he,"that I did not tear out my heart the day I resolved to revenge myself".”

“Music should strike fire from the heart of man, and bring tears from the eyes of woman.”