An Evil Fate Has Deprived Me Of

My Indifference To Money And My Spendthrift Ways Are Disgraceful. You Have No Idea How Reckless I Am; How Often I Practically Throw Money Out Of The Window. I Am Always Making Good Resolutions, But The Next Minute I Forget And Give The Waiter Eightpence.

You Should Diligently Play Scales And Fingerpractices. There Are Many, However, Who Believe They'll Achieve All, By Practicing Daily On Technique For Hours On End, Up Till High Age. It's Like Practicing Every Day To Enumerate The Alfabet Faster And Faster. One Would Think One Could Make Better Use Of Their Valuable Time.

You Write To Become Immortal, Or Because The Piano Happens To Be Open, Or You've Looked Into A Pair Of Beautiful Eyes.

Let Your Intimate Friends Be Chosen From Such As Are Better Informed Than Yourself.

My Whole Life Has Been A Twenty Years Struggle Between Poetry And Prose, Or, If You Like To Call It So, Music And Law.