“Now, one cannot read nonsense with impunity.”

“People do not read stupidities with impunity.”

“All is not at an end on earth since we can still talk nonsense.”

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

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

“Sometimes he dug in his garden; again, he read or wrote. He had but one word for both these kinds of toil; he called them gardening. "The mind is a garden," said he.”

“Sometimes he used a spade in his garden, and sometimes he read and wrote. He had but one name for these two kinds of labor; he called them gardening. ‘The Spirit is a garden,’ said he”