“Many people die with their music still in them. Too often it is because they are always getting ready to live. Before they know it time runs out.”

“Don't flatter yourself that friendship authorizes you to say disagreeable things to your intimates. The nearer you come into relation with a person, the more necessary do tact and courtesy become. Except in cases of necessity, which are rare, leave your friend to learn unpleasant things from his enemies; they are ready enough to tell them.”

“Speak clearly if you speak at all, carve every word before you let it fall.”

“Nature, when she invented, manufactured, and patented her authors, contrived to make critics out of the chips that were left.”

“Learn the sweet magic of a cheerful face.”

“The great thing in this world is not so much where we are, but in what direction we are going.”

“Alas for those that never sing, But die with all their music in them!”