The only creature less fashionable in academia than the stereotypical 'dead white male,' is the dead white male on horseback.

Americans tended to think of war as something that had to be done from time to time, for a particular purpose or goal. They fought not for the sake of fighting but for the sake of winning.

A childhood filled with adventures, happiness and unabated love.If only I could remember ...

To achieve great things you have first to believe it.

Whoever gulps down wine as a horse gulps down water is called a Scythian.

When I'm in a bad mood, I don't listen.

How good are the best musical imaginations? Can a trained musician, swiftly reading a score tell just how that voicing of dissonant oboes and flutes over the massed strings will sound?

I think good things come to good people.

The older I get, the less I suffer fools gladly.

The people are grown very wild and loose in their morals.

With feelings of gratitude for all that is good in this world, I put down my pen. Well, I'll be leaving now.

People get good gigs because they stand up....You don't get picked. Reject the tyranny of picked. Pick yourself.