“What is not started today is never finished tomorrow.”

“Whether one show one's self a man of genius in science or compose a song, the only point is, whether the thought, the discovery, the deed, is living and can live on.”

“A person hears only what they understand.”

“Duty is the demand of the hour.”

“He who cannot draw on three thousand years is living from hand to mouth.”

“I play for high stakes and given an audience - there is no act too daring or too noble.”

“You must put your head into the lion's mouth if the performance is to be a success.”

“No crime is so great as daring to excel.”