In All Things, Find Laughter

Among those whom I like or admire, I can find no common denominator, but among those whom I love, I can; all of them make me laugh. -W. H. Auden

The gods too are fond of a joke. -Aristotle

Everything human is pathetic. The secret source of humor itself is not joy but sorrow. There is no humor in heaven. -Mark Twain

Music

Among all men on the earth bards have a share of honor and reverence, because the muse has taught them songs and loves the race of bards. -Homer

Music is the art which is most nigh to tears and memory. -Oscar Wilde

Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent. -Victor Hugo

Music is well said to be the speech of angels. -Thomas Carlyle

Who hears music feels his solitude peopled at once. - Robert Browning