Music is the mediator between the life of the senses and the life of the spirit.

Of all my children, this is the one that cost me the worst birth-pangs and brought me the most sorrow; and for that reason it is the one most dear to me.

Oh you men who think or say that I am malevolent, stubborn, or misanthropic, how greatly do you wrong me. You do not know the secret cause which makes me seem that way to you. Oh how harshly was I flung back by the doubly sad experience of my bad hearing.

All my life I have regarded myself as one of Mozart's greatest admirers, and I will remain one until my last breath.

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

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

Whoever tells a lie is not pure of heart, and such a person can not cook a clean soup.