But of works of art little can be said.

The spirit of delight comes in small ways.

Make the most of the best and the least of the worst.

I believe in an ultimate decency of things.

I had learned to dwell with pleasure, as a beloved daydream, on the thought of the separation of these elements.

It's a pleasant thing to be young, and have ten toes.

I have done my fiddling so long under Vesuvius that I have almost forgotten to play, and can only wait for the eruption and think it long of coming. Literally no man has more wholly outlived life than I. And still it's good fun.