Even in poverty I lived like a king for I tell you that nobility is the thing that makes a king

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

Never forget the days I spent with you. Continue to be my friend, as you will always find me yours.

A great poet is the most precious jewel of a nation.

He who understand my music will remain free from the miseries that the other men are dragging with them .

The world is a king, and like a king, desires flattery in return for favor; but true art is selfish and perverse — it will not submit to the mold of flattery.

Recommend to your children virtue; that alone can make them happy, not gold.