Music wasn't made to make us wise, but better natured.
Consider the postage stamp: its usefulness consists in the ability to stick to one thing till it gets there.
Biography is the best form of history.
Don't mistake pleasure for happiness. They are a different breed of dogs.
It is the little bits of things that fret and worry us; we can dodge a elephant, but we can't dodge a fly.
As a general thing, an individual who is neat in his person is neat in his morals.