Only art and science can raise men to the level of God.

I know of no more sacred duty than to rear and educate a child.

Artists are fiery; they do not weep.

I love a tree more than a man.

I liked your opera. I think I will set it to music.

What will be the judgment a century hence concerning the lorded works of our favorite composers today? Inasmuch as nearly everything is subject to the changes of time, and - more's the pity- the fashions of time, only that which is good and true will endure like a rock and no wanton hand will ever venture to defile it. Then, let every man do that which is right, strive with all his might towards the goal which can never be obtained, develop to the last breath the gifts with which the gracious Creator has endowed him, and never cease to learn. For life is short, art eternal.

Recommend to your children to be virtuous, only the virtue can bring us happiness, not the money.