Here, waltzes are called works! And Strauss and Lanner, who play them for dancing, are called Kapellmeistern. This does not mean that everyone thinks like that; indeed, nearly everyone laughs about it; but only waltzes get printed.

Vienna is a handsome, lively city, and pleases me exceedingly.

Nothing is more beautiful than a guitar, except, possibly two.

I'm a revolutionary, money means nothing to me.

I haven't heard anything so great for a long time; Beethoven snaps his fingers at the whole world.

I don't know where there can be so many pianists as in Paris, so many asses and so many virtuosi.

England is a country of pianos, they are everywhere.