A great deal of talent is lost to the world for want of a little courage.

Hope is the belief, more or less strong, that joy will come.

Do not try to push your way through to the front ranks of your profession; do not run after distinctions and rewards; but do your utmost to find an entry into the world of beauty.

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

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

Oh, don't tell me of facts, I never believe facts; you know, [George] Canning said nothing was so fallacious as facts, except figures.

No man can ever end with being superior who will not begin with being inferior.