Only art and science can raise men to the level of God.
All my life I have regarded myself as one of Mozart's greatest admirers, and I will remain one until my last breath.
The barriers are not erected which can say to aspiring talents and industry, 'Thus far and no farther.'
Only the pure in heart can make a good soup.
Art demands of us that we shall not stand still.
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.