“Life is like playing a violin solo in public and learning the instrument as one goes on ”
“Life is like playing a violin solo in public and learning the instrument as one goes on ”
“Give me books, fruit, French wine and fine weather and a little music out of doors, played by someone I do not know”
“In argument similes are like songs in love; they describe much, but prove nothing.”
“Gardens are not made by singing 'Oh, how beautiful,' and sitting in the shade. ”
“There is nothing stable in the world; uproar's your only music”
“Not many sounds in life, and I include all urban and rural sounds, exceed in interest a knock at the door”
“Sentimentally I am disposed to harmony; but organically I am incapable of a tune”