If I were to begin life again, I would devote it to music. It is the only cheap and unpunished rapture upon earth.
Sydney SmithIn composing, as a general rule, run your pen through every other word you have written; you have no idea what vigor it will give your style.
Sydney SmithA man who wishes to make his way in life could do no better than go through the world with a boiling tea-kettle in his hand.
Sydney Smith