"What ever lives obeys . . . he who cannot obey himself is commanded."

"In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations, and epochs it is the rule."

"Not to see many things, not to hear them, not to let them approach one--first piece of ingenuity, first proof that one is no accident but a necessity."

"Life without music would be a mistake."

"He who despises himself esteems himself as a self-despiser."

"What we once did 'for the sake of God' we now do for the sake of money."

"NOISE, n. A stench in the ear. Undomesticated music. The chief product and authenticating sign of civilization."

"Who could follow Carson? Well, believe me, somebody can - and will."

"In the vast reaches of the dry, cold night, thousands of stars were constantly appearing, and their sparkling icicles, loosened at once, began to slip gradually toward the horizon."

"Whoever undertakes to set himself up as a judge of Truth and Knowledge is shipwrecked by the laughter of the Gods."

"Marriage is like a bank account. You put it in, you take it out, you lose interest."

"Thou ought to be nice, even to superstition, in keeping thy promises, and therefore equally cautious in making them."