In Composing, As A General

People Who Love Only Once In Their Lives Are Shallow People. What They Call Their Loyalty, And Their Fidelity, I Call Either The Lethargy Of Custom, Or Their Lack Of Imagination

Oh, Don't Tell Me Of Facts, I Never Believe Facts; You Know, [george] Canning Said Nothing Was So Fallacious As Facts, Except Figures.

In Composing, As A General Rule, Run Your Pen Through Every Other Word You Have Written; You Have No Idea What Vigor It Will Give Your Style.

He Not Only Overflowed With Learning, But Stood In The Slop.

If I Were To Begin Life Again, I Would Devote It To Music. It Is The Only Cheap And Unpunished Rapture Upon Earth.