If time were the wicked sheriff in a horse opera, I'd pay for riding lessons and take his gun away.

If music in general is an imitation of history, opera in particular is an imitation of human willfulness; it is rooted in the fact that we not only have feelings but insist upon having them at whatever cost to ourselves. . .

If time were the wicked sheriff in a horse opera, I'd pay for riding lessons and take his gun away.

Our researchers into Public Opinion are content/ That he held the proper opinions for the time of year;/ When there was peace, he was for peace; when there was war, he went.

Music is the best means we have of digesting time.

'In headaches and in worry Vaguely life leaks away,And Time will have his fancy To-morrow or to-day.