There are two means of refuge from the misery of life - music and cats.

The willow which bends to the tempest, often escapes better than the oak which resists it; and so in great calamities, it sometimes happens that light and friv…

There is no higher religion than human service. To work for the common good is the greatest creed.

The true worth of a man is not to be found in man himself, but in the colours and textures that come alive in others.

Music was my refuge. I could crawl into the space between the notes and curl my back to loneliness.

'I can't believe that people really prefer to go to the concert hall under intellectually trying, socially trying, physically trying conditions, unable to repe…

Verse sweetens toil, however rude the sound; She feels no biting pang the while she sings; Nor, as she turns the giddy wheel around, Revolves the sad vicissitu…