I am composing like a god, as if it simply had to be done as it has been done.

Our castle is not imposing, but is well built, and surrounded by a very fine garden. I live in the bailiff's house.

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

I am composing like a god, as if it simply had to be done as it has been done.

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

Every night when I go to bed, I hope that I may never wake again, and every morning renews my grief.

No one really understands the grief or joy of another. We always imagine that we are approaching some other, but our lines of travel are actually parallel.