Taking somebody's sacrifices is like taking counterfeit money. You're only the poorer.

Oh, yes, of course I like music, too. Very much. It's so pleasant of an evening, especially when made by your friends at home. I often say I like it better than cards. Though I must say I do like a good game of bridge.

Almost anything is enough to keep alive someone who wishes nothing for himself but time to write music.

It is not good for all our wishes to be filled; through sickness we recognize the value of health; through evil, the value of good; through hunger, the value of food; through exertion, the value of rest.

help that is not positively necessary is a hindrance to a growing organism.

History is worth reading when it tells us truly what the attitude toward life was in the past.

Compared with more emotional types, Vermonters seem to have few passions. But those they have are great and burning. The greatest is their conviction that without freedom human life is not worth living.