The cello is like a beautiful woman who has not grown older, but younger with time, more slender, more supple, more graceful.
The mind unlearns with difficulty what it has long learned.
To err is human. To repeat error is of the Devil.
You learn to know a pilot in a storm.
I know that nothing comes to pass but what God appoints; our fate is decreed, and things do not happen by chance, but every man's portion of joy and sorrow is predetermined.
The worst evil of all is to leave the ranks of the living before one dies.
He who boasts of his pedigree praises that which does not belong to him.
The men liked to put me down as the best woman painter. I think I'm one of the best painters.
Part of my life is saving life.
Look, PETA! If God hadn't wanted us to eat animals, he wouldn't have made them so darn tasty!
If we follow the traditional way of thought, there will always be traditional enemies. Extremist circles from both sides will find causes to give rise to problems.