We hear the rain fall, but not the snow. Bitter grief is loud, calm grief is silent.

To acquire money requires valor, to keep money requires prudence, and to spend money well is an art.

We consider it tedious to talk of the weather, and yet there is nothing more important.

He who, to be happy, needs nothing but himself, is happy.

We hear the rain fall, but not the snow. Bitter grief is loud, calm grief is silent.

What will people say-in these words lies the tyranny of the world, the whole destruction of our natural disposition, the oblique vision of our minds. These four words hold sway everywhere.

If you sound great in the practice room, you're practicing the wrong thing. Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.