Hypocrites Weep, And You Cannot Tell Their

Genius Cannot Escape The Taint Of Its Time More Than A Child The Influence Of Its Begetting.

Nothing Is So Pleasant ... As To Display Your Worldly Wisdom In Epigram And Dissertation, But It Is A Trifle Tedious To Hear Another Person Display Theirs.

Belief Of Some Sort Is The Lifeblood Of Art.

Men Are Always Optimists When They Look Inwards, And Pessimists When They Look Round Them.

Music Is Not A Science Any More Than Poetry Is. It Is A Sublime Instinct, Like Genius Of All Kinds.