Newspapermen learn to call a murderer 'an alleged murderer' and the King of England 'the alleged King of England' to avoid libel suits.
The radical of one century is the conservative of the next. The radical invents the views. When he has worn them out the conservative adopts them.
Do what you feel in your heart to be right - for you'll be criticized anyway. You'll be damned if you do, and damned if you don't.
Our problems are man-made, therefore they may be solved by man. And man can be as big as he wants. No problem of human destiny is beyond human beings.
Our deeds determine us, as much as we determine our deeds.
I don't like composers who think. It gets in the way of their plagiarism.
Good company and good discourse are the very sinews of virtue.