To me the highest thing, after God, is my honor.
Hide your secret even from the closest friend; learn to be silent.
We mortals with immortal minds are only born for sufferings and joys, and one could almost say that the most excellent receive joy through sufferings.
The guitar is an orchestra in itself.
Even in poverty I lived like a king for I tell you that nobility is the thing that makes a king
How glad I am to be able to roam in the wood and thicket, among trees and flowers and rocks ... in the country, every tree seems to speak to me, saying, "Holy! Holy", in the woods, there is enchantment which expresses all things.