It seemed unthinkable for me to leave the world forever before I had produced all that I felt called upon to produce

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

I haven't a single friend; I must live alone. But well I know that God is nearer to me than to the others of my art; I associate with Him without fear, I have always recognized and understood Him, and I have no fear for my music,-it can meet no evil fate. Those who understand it must become free from all the miseries that the others drag with them.

The barriers are not erected which can say to aspiring talents and industry, 'Thus far and no farther.'

Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy.

What is to reach the heart must come from above; if it does not come from thence, it will be nothing but notes, body without spirit.

It is my wish that you may have at better and freer life than I have had. Recommend virtue to your children; it alone, not money, can make them happy. I speak from experience; this was what upheld me in time of misery.