Hide your secret even from the closest friend; learn to be silent.
The barriers are not erected which can say to aspiring talents and industry, 'Thus far and no farther.'
Even in poverty I lived like a king for I tell you that nobility is the thing that makes a king
We all make mistakes, but everyone makes different mistakes
This is not a brook [Bach means "brook" in German], it's an ocean.
I wish you music to help with the burdens of life ,and to help you release your happiness to others.