The primary wisdom is intuition.

I do not know what arguments mean in reference to any expression of a thought. I delight in telling what I think; but if you ask me how I dare say so, or why it is so, I am the most helpless of men.

There are only ten minutes in the life of a pear when it is perfect to eat.

The universe does not jest with us, but is in earnest.

Style is only the frame to hold your thoughts. It is like the sash of a window; if heavy, it will obscure the light.

Music is the poor man's Parnassus.

Every artist was first an amateur.