Never underestimate the booberie of the booboisie.

It takes a long while for a naturally trustful person to reconcile himself to the idea that after all God will not help him

To denounce moralizing out of hand is to pronounce a moral judgment.

Poetry is a comforting piece of fiction set to more or less lascivious music.

What ails the truth is that it is mainly uncomfortable, and often dull. The human mind seeks something more amusing, and more caressing.

Everyman is thoroughly happy twice in his life, just after he has met his first love, and just after he has left his last one.

The genuine music lover may accept the carnal husk of opera to get at the kernel of actual music within, but that is no sign that he approves the carnal husk or enjoys gnawing through it.