“Music expresses that which cannot be put into words and that which cannot remain silent”

“Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent.”

“There are certain natures which cannot have love on one side without hatred on the other.”

“So long as ignorance and misery remain on earth, books like this cannot be useless.”

“Argot is nothing more nor less than a wardrobe in which language, having some bad deed to do, disguises itself. It puts on word-masks and metaphoric rags.”

“Jean Valjean opened his eyes and looked at the bishop with an expression which no human tongue can describe.”

“Could the word ‘iron’ be the root from which ‘irony’ is derived?”