It must be composed by ear, feeling, and instinct, not by rule. Nevertheless, one had better know the rules, for they sometimes are required in doubtful cases, though not often. The great pleasure of a dog is that you may make a fool of yourself with him and not only will he not scold you, but he will make a fool of himself too. How thankful we ought to feel that Wordsworth was only a poet and not a musician. Life is the art of drawing sufficient conclusions from insufficient premises.
Life is like playing the solo violin in public and learning the instrument as one goes on.
The most important service rendered by the press and the magazines is that of educating people to approach printed matter with distrust. One of the ill effects of cruelty is that it makes the bystanders cruel. I'm frightened of old ones. Music is a means of Rapid Transportation. There is no such thing as an empty space or an empty time.