The vital straining towards an ideal, definite but latent, when it dominates a whole life, may express that ideal more fully than could the best-chosen word

There is no cure for birth and death save to enjoy the interval.

Music is essentially useless, as is life

To condemn spontaneous and delightful occupations because they are useless for self-preservation shows an uncritical prizing of life irrespective of the content.

Never build your emotional life on the weaknesses of others.

Life is not a spectacle or a feast; it is a predicament.