It is the law of nature that woman should be held under the dominance of man

Whatever be the qualities of the man with whom a woman is united according to the law, such qualities even she assumes, like a river ,united with the ocean.

Of the two lots, the woman's lot of perpetual motherhood, and the man's of perpetual babyhood, I prefer the man's

Music produces a kind of pleasure which human nature cannot do without

By nature, men are nearly alike; by practice, they get to be wide apart

Virtue is the strong stem of man's nature, and music is the blossoming of virtue.