Happy is the man who finds a true friend, and far happier is he who finds that true friend in his wife.

My compositions spring from my sorrows. Those that give the world the greatest delight were born of my deepest griefs.

There are eight girls in the house in which I am living, and practically all of them are good looking. You can realize that I am kept busy.

Easy mind, light heart. A mind that is too easy hides a heart that is too heavy.

Happy is the man who finds a true friend, and far happier is he who finds that true friend in his wife.

Above all things, I must not get angry. If I do get angry I knock all the teeth out of the mouth of the poor wretch who has angered me.

If only your pure and clean mind could touch me, dear Haydn, nobody has a greater reverence for you than I have.