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

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

The greatest misfortune of the wise man and the greatest unhappiness of the fool are based upon convention.

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.

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

I want you for always...days, years, eternities.

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