“There are certain things in which mediocrity is not to be endured, such as poetry, music, painting, public speaking”
“There are certain things in which mediocrity is not to be endured, such as poetry, music, painting, public speaking”
“Music, the greatest good that mortals know, and all of heaven we have below”
“Peace is the first thing the angels sang ”
“Oh, love will make a dog howl in rhyme ”
“Men, even when alone, lighten their labors by song, however rude it may be”
“There are two means of refuge from the miseries of life: music and cats.”
“I value my garden more for being full of blackbirds than of cherries, and very frankly give them fruit for their songs”