Chopin was an invalid, as you know, but his music was volcanic.
A man is not necessarily a master because he happened to compose two or three centuries ago. Let us beware of the worship of mere antiquity.
Intellectual isolation always follows commercial isolation.
Man is naturally lazy, therefore he invents labor-saving devices.
The Pole listening to Chopin listens to the voice of his whole race.
The great familiar musical works are always greeted by the audiences as ever welcome and beloved friends.