At night, when the curtains are drawn and the fire flickers, my books attain a collective dignity.

But it struck him that people are not really dead until they are felt to be dead. As long as there is some misunderstanding about them, they possess a sort of immortality.

Those who prepared for all the emergencies of life beforehand may equip themselves at the expense of joy.

Beethoven's Fifth Symphony is the most sublime noise that has ever penetrated into the ear of man.

Liking one person is an extra reason for liking another.

The kingdom of music is not the kingdom of this world; it will accept those whom breeding and intellect and culture have alike rejected.

For you cannot have gentility without paying for it.