A cynic is a man who looks at the world with a monocle in his mind's eye.
A blunder at the right moment is better than cleverness at the wrong time.
Advice is one of those things it is far more blessed to give than to receive.
The way to do some things is to do them.
Youth is a silly, vapid state, Old age with fears and ills is rife, This simple boon I beg of Fate - A thousand years of Middle Life.
musicians rarely have a sense of humour, at least, about themselves.