When you rise in the morning, form a resolution to make the day a happy one for a fellow creature.

If I were to begin life again, I would devote it to music. It is the only cheap and unpunished rapture upon earth.

It is no more necessary that a man should remember the different dinners and suppers which have made him healthy, than the different books which have made him wise. Let us see the results of good food in a strong body, and the results of great reading in a full and powerful mind.

Manners are the shadows of virtues; the momentary display of those qualities which our fellow creatures love, and respect.

The thing about performance, even if it's only an illusion, is that it is a celebration of the fact that we do contain within ourselves infinite possibilities.

A comfortable house is a great source of happiness. It ranks immediately after health and a good conscience.

A 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.