One has to shut off that nagging part of the mind and go on without it with bravo and philosophy.

Endure, and keep yourselves for days of happiness.

Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy.

'Tis never too late to be wise.

If you look for perfection, you will never be satisfied.

The chief prevention against getting old is to remain astonished.

Freedom consists not in doing what we like, but in having the right to do what we ought.

The gratification comes in the doing, not in the results.

In art and dream may you proceed with abandon. In life may you proceed with balance and stealth.

I still believe, in spite of everything, that people are truly good at heart.

Practicing an art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow, for heaven's sake.

All experience is great providing you live through it.