The older we get the more we must limit ourselves if we wish to be active.

What is the true test of character unless it be its progressive development in the bustle and turmoil, in the action and reaction of daily life.

Fools and wise men are equally harmless. It is the half-fools and half-wise that are dangerous.

Rejoice that you have still have a long time to live, before the thought comes to you that there is nothing more in the world to see.

Wherever a man may happen to turn, whatever a man may undertake, he will always end up by returning to that path which nature has marked out for him.

Art is long, life is short; judgement difficult, opportunity transient.

Music is either sacred or secular. The sacred agrees with its dignity, and here has its greatest effect on life, an effect that remains the same through all ages and epochs. Secular music should be cheerful throughout.