Men Are Seldom More Commonplace Than On

Self-preservation Is The First Law Of Nature.

Life Is Like Music; It Must Be Composed By Ear, Feeling, And Instinct, Not By Rule.

The Worst Thing That Can Happen To A Man Is To Lose His Money, The Next Worst His Health, The Next Worst His Reputation.

A Man's Friendships Are, Like His Will, Invalidated By Marriage - But They Are Also No Less Invalidated By The Marriage Of His Friends.

Every Man's Work, Whether It Be Literature, Or Music Or Pictures Or Architecture Or Anything Else, Is Always A Portrait Of Himself.