If we meet someone who owes us a debt of gratitude, we remember the fact at once. How often we can meet someone to whom we owe a debt of gratitude without thinking about it at all!

Who never ate his bread in sorrow, Who never spent the darksome hours Weeping, and watching for the morrow,- He knows you not, ye heavenly Powers.

No wise combatant underestimates their antagonist.

Because everyone uses language to talk, everyone thinks he can talk about language.

It is working within limits that the craftsman reveals himself.

The day is committed to error and floundering; success and achievement are matters of long range.

The effects of good music are not just because it's new; on the contrary music strikes us more the more familiar we are with it.