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.

I was for some time quite beside myself and could not believe that Providence could have required the presence of this indispensable man in the other world so soon.

When I think upon my God, my heart is full of joy that the notes dance and leap from my pen.

Mozart is the incarnation of music.

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

Cheer up, children, I am all right.

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