Music embodies feeling without forcing it to contend and combine with thought, as it is forced in most arts and especially in the art of words.

Truth is a great flirt.

In life one must decide whether to conjugate the verb to have or the verb to be.

When you write the story of two happy lovers, let the story be set on the banks of Lake Como.

I foster a sorrowful conception of affection. Make no sacrifices.

Beware of missing chances; otherwise it may be altogether too late some day.

The music of the Gypsies belongs in the sphere of improvisation rather than in any other, without which it would have no power to exist.