Advice ... is a habit-forming drug. You give a dear friend a bit of advice today, and next week you find yourself advising two or three friends, and the week after, a dozen, and the week following, crowds!

I'm just the same age I've always been.

One of the first principles of perseverance is to know when to stop persevering.

Of two evils choose the prettier.

The way to do some things is to do them.

I view askance a book that remains undisturbed for a year. Oughtn't it to have a ticket of leave? I think I may safely say no bookin my library remains unopened a year at a time, except my own works and Tennyson's.

musicians rarely have a sense of humour, at least, about themselves.