scales are the grammar of music.

Of all the men I have known, I cannot recall one whose mother did her level best for him when he was little who did not turn out well when he grew up.

the only door into her bedroom led through the church.

Fortunately, any kind of setback has represented a challenge to do better, rather than an acceptance of inferiority on my part.

A compensation is something which does not quite compensate.

Taking the way that opens, even if it seems hardly more than a footpath, not infrequently leads to the highways of heart's desire, if not to fame and fortune.

Folks with their wits about them knew that advertisements were just a pack of lies - you had only to look at the claims of patent medicines!