A mother is not a person to lean on, but a person to make leaning unnecessary.

Freedom is not worth fighting for if it means no more than license for everyone to get as much as he can for himself.

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

If we would only give, just once, the same amount of reflection to what we want to get out of life that we give to the question of what to do with a two weeks' vacation, we would be startled at our false standards and the aimless procession of our busy days.

it was always insolent for a common man to take a chair in the presence of a lady - the word LADY, we may be sure, capitalized in her mind, and denoting not sex but rank.

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.

Life takes hold of us with strong hands and makes us greater than we thought.