Why should the composer be more guilty than the poet who warms to fantasy by a strange flame, making an idea that inspires him the subject of his own very different treatment?

Anyone who loves music can never be quite unhappy.

Nobody understands another's sorrow, and nobody another's joy.

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.

Who can do anything after Beethoven?

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

The world resembles a stage on which every man is playing a part.