…because talent isn't genius, and no amount of energy can make it so. I want to be great, or nothing.

Liberty is a better husband than love to many of us.

I ask not for any crown But that which all may win; Nor try to conquer any world Except the one within.

During the fifteen minutes that followed, the proud and sensitive girl suffered a shame and pain which she never forgot. To others it might seem a ludicrous or trivial affair, but to her it was a hard experience, for during the twelve years of her life she had been governed by love alone

The violin - that most human of all instruments.

But buds will be roses, and kittens, cats - more's the pity.

It takes people a long time to learn the difference between talent and genius, especially ambitious young men and women.