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

Even in winter it shall be green in my heart.

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.

Oh, how miserable it is to have no one to share your sorrows and joys, and, when your heart is heavy, to have no soul to whom you can pour out your woes.

I tell my piano the things I used to tell you

Nothing is more odious than music without hidden meaning.

Every difficulty slurred over will be a ghost to disturb your repose later on.