My misfortune is doubly painful to me because it will result in my being misunderstood. For me there can be no recreation in the company of others, no intelligent conversation, no exchange of information with peers; only the most pressing needs can make me venture into society. I am obliged to live like an outcast.

One must not hold one's self so divine as to be unwilling occasionally to make improvements in one's creations.

Oh, how beautiful it is to be alive - would that I could live a thousand times

He that divines the secret of my music is freed from the unhappiness that haunts the whole world of men.

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

The amount of money one needs is terrifying.

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