Who said “Dancing begets warmth, which is the parent of wantonness. It is, Sir, the great…”?

“Dancing is the loftiest, the most moving, the most beautiful of the arts, because it is no mere translation or abstraction from life; it is life itself.”

“We look at the dance to impart the sensation of living in an affirmation of life, to energize the spectator into keener awareness of the vigor, the mystery, the humor, the variety, and the wonder of life. This is the function of the American dance.”

“I am not the first straight dancer or the last.”

“To shake your rump is to be environmentally aware.”

“And let the winds of the heavens dance between you.”

“All nature wears one universal grin.”

“One fool at least in every married couple.”

“It is not death, but dying, which is terrible.”

“Love and scandal are the best sweeteners of tea.”

“Money is the fruit of evil, as often as the root of it.”

“When children are doing nothing, they are doing mischief.”