I listened more than I studied... therefore little by little my knowledge and ability were developed.

I tell you before God, and as an honest man, your son (W A Mozart)is the greatest composer known to me by person and repute, he has taste and what is more the greatest skill in composition.

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

When I think of my God, my heart dances within me for joy, and then my music has to dance, too.

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

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.