A man endures misfortune without complaint.

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

You believe happiness to be derived from the place in which once you have been happy, but in truth it is centered in ourselves.

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

Anyone who loves music can never be quite unhappy.

The manager is to be blamed who distributes parts to his players which they are unable to act.

No one feels another's grief, no one understands another's joy. People imagine they can reach one another. In reality they only pass each other by.