The aged are terrible - mere heaps of cinders on the grass from which none can tell how tall the flames once were or what company gathered round them.

I had a glorious father, I had no father at all.

The adventure is over. Everything gets over, and nothing is ever enough. Except the part you carry with you.

Hatred of domestic work is a natural and admirable result of civilization. ... The first thing a woman does when she gets a little money into her hands is to hire some other poor wretch to do her housework.

There was too much hatred in the world; it was manifestly as dangerous as gunpowder, yet people let it lie about, in the way of ignition.

Music is part of human life and partakes of the human tragedy. There is much more music in the world than is allowed to change into heard sounds and prove its point.

For the sake of my country, and perhaps a little for the sake of my soul, I have given up the deep peace of being in opposition.