I am composing like a god, as if it simply had to be done as it has been done.
I am in the world only for the purpose of composing.
Nobody understands another's sorrow, and nobody another's joy.
Happy is the man who finds a true friend, and far happier is he who finds that true friend in his wife.
Easy mind, light heart. A mind that is too easy hides a heart that is too heavy.
The world resembles a stage on which every man is playing a part.