I was never a quick writer, but composed with great care and efforts.

Young people can learn from my example that something can come from nothing. What I have become is the result of my hard efforts.

Since God has given me a cheerful heart, He will forgive me for serving Him cheerfully.

I would give my best quartet for a good razor.

Cheer up, children, I am all right.

It is the melody which is the charm of music, and it is that which is most difficult to produce. The invention of a fine melody is a work of genius.

The custom of saluting [i.e., embracing] ladies by their relatives and friends was introduced, it is said, by the early Romans, not out of respect originally, but to find by their breath whether they had been drinking wine, this being criminal for women to do, as it sometimes led to adultery.