Without music we shall surely perish of drink, morphia, and all sorts of artificial exaggerations of the cruder delights of the senses.

I have my own soul. My own spark of divine fire.

It is not enough to know what is good: you must be able to do it.

Nothing is more dangerous than a poor doctor: not even a poor employer or a poor landlord.

Don't waste time collecting other people's autographs; rather devote it to making your own autograph worth collecting.

In literature the ambition of the novice is to acquire the literary language; the struggle of the adept is to get rid of it.

I would like to take you seriously, but to do so would be an affront to your intelligence.