We inhereit from our ancestors gifts so often taken for granted... Each of us contains within... this inheritance of soul. We are links between the ages, containing past and present expectations, sacred memories and future promise.
Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest.
You never know till you try to reach them how accessible men are; but you must approach each man by the right door.
I don't like composers who think. It gets in the way of their plagiarism.
To have a right to do a thing is not at all the same as to be right in doing it.
We cannot deny the facts of nature, but we should certainly try to improve on them.
Keep your broken arm inside your sleeve.