Of All Noises, I Think Music Is

Ye Who Listen With Credulity To The Whispers Of Fancy, And Pursue With Eagerness The Phantoms Of Hope; Who Expect That Age Will Perform The Promises Of Youth, And That The Deficiencies Of The Present Day Will Be Supplied By The Morrow, - Attend To The History Of Rasselas, Prince Of Abyssinia.

Quotation Is A Good Thing, There Is A Community Of Thought In It.

All Theory Is Against Free Will; All Experience Is For It.

To Excite Opposition And Inflame Malevolence Is The Unhappy Privilege Of Courage Made Arrogant By Consciousness Of Strength.

The Reciprocal Civility Of Authors Is One Of The Most Risible Scenes In The Farce Of Life.