Mozart starved, but you allow Thalberg and Liszt make tons of gold: Of course, you may think that someone immortal cannot die of hunger

The likeness of the world? A shadow! And world's glory? A dream!

A person who looks different all the time frightens me. Only one animal changes its skin: the snake.

A wise man can and should stand above his times, not so the poet, but he should be their apex.

No one will stop to help you when you are in need, but everyone forces opinions upon you that you do not require.

What is done for the children is doubly beneficial, since their success, obvious to everyone, educates the parents as well.

The sun of a prince's good graces resembles that in the skies in that it shines most kindly upon the blackest people.