Never forget the days I spent with you. Continue to be my friend, as you will always find me yours.

There is no loftier mission than to approach the Divinity nearer than other men, and to disseminate the divine rays among mankind.

The guitar is an orchestra in itself.

Hide your secret even from the closest friend; learn to be silent.

The world is a king, and like a king, desires flattery in return for favor; but true art is selfish and perverse — it will not submit to the mold of flattery.

I will seize fate by the throat; it shall certainly never wholly overcome me.

Händel is the greatest and ablest of all composers; from him I can still learn.