There's enough sorrow in the world, isn't there, without trying to invent it.

The kingdom of music is not the kingdom of this world; it will accept those whom breeding and intellect and culture have alike rejected. The commonplace person…

Life is easy to chronicle, but bewildering to practice.

I am the means and not the end. I am the food and not the life. Stand by yourself, as that boy has stood. I cannot save you. For poetry is a spirit; and they t…