I have very strong feelings about how you lead your life. You always look ahead, you never look back.
The lion and the calf shall lie down together but the calf won't get much sleep.
Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognizes genius.
You create your opportunities by asking for them.
Anger is never without Reason, but seldom with a good One.
Read over your compositions, and wherever you meet with a passage which you think is particularly fine, strike it out.
In America, through pressure of conformity, there is freedom of choice, but nothing to choose from.