To Be At Peace With Self, To

Human Progress Had So Often Been Checked By Those Who Were Afraid Of Losing What They Had.

The Sign Of An Intelligent People Is Their Ability To Control Their Emotions By The Application Of Reason.

A Musical Audience Is At Best Uninspiring, At Worst Definitely Drab. ... Respectability Hangs Like A Pall Over The Orchestra And The Boxes; A Sort Of Sterile Sobriety Ill-fitted To The Passionate Geometry Of Music.

All Great Lovers Are Articulate, And Verbal Seduction Is The Surest Road To Actual Seduction.

The Process Of Maturing Is An Art To Be Learned, An Effort To Be Sustained. By The Age Of Fifty You Have Made Yourself What You Are, And If It Is Good, It Is Better Than Your Youth.