Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy.

This is not a brook [Bach means "brook" in German], it's an ocean.

Art! Who comprehends her? With whom can one consult concerning this great goddess?

Only the flint of a man's mind can strike fire in music.

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

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.

There are and always will be thousands of princes, but there is only one Beethoven!