There is no greater pleasure for me than to practice and exhibit my art.

I would rather write 10,000 notes than a single letter of the alphabet.

The foundation of friendship demands the greatest likeness of human souls and hearts.

It is my wish that you may have at better and freer life than I have had. Recommend virtue to your children; it alone, not money, can make them happy. I speak from experience; this was what upheld me in time of misery.

Artists who have won fame are often embarrassed by it; thus their first works are often their best.

When I open my eyes I must sigh, for what I see is contrary to my religion, and I must despise the world which does not know that music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy.

Figured Bass (Harmony) and Religion are self-contained things, one should not argue these.