There are few cases in which mere popularity should be considered a proper test of merit; but the case of song-writing is, I think, one of the few.

We loved with a love that was more than love

I have no faith in human perfectability. I think that human exertion will have no appreciable effect upon humanity. Man is now only more active - not more happy - nor more wise, than he was 6000 years ago

There are moments when, even to the sober eye of Reason, the world of our sad humanity must assume the aspect of Hell

The goodness of the true pun is in direct ratio to its intolerability

To vilify a great man is the readiest way in which a little man can himself attain greatness

The true genius shudders at incompleteness - and usually prefers silence to saying something which is not everything it should be

They who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night

Yes, I now feel that it was then on that evening of sweet dreams- that the very first dawn of human love burst upon the icy night of my spirit. Since that period I have never seen nor heard your name without a shiver half of delight, half of anxiety

I Like this quote I dislike this quote“Filled with mingled cream and amber I will drain that glass again. Such hilarious visions clamber Through the chambers of my brain -- Quaintest thoughts -- queerest fancies Come to life and fade away; Who cares how time advances? I am drinking ale today.”