We shouldn't repeat the same for ages on end, but look into the new as well.

From a pound of iron, that costs little, a thousand watch-springs can be made, whose value becomes prodigious. The pound you have received from the Lord,--use it faithfully.

An evil fate has deprived me of the full use of my right hand, so that I am not able to play my compositions as I feel them. The trouble with my hand is that certain fingers have become so weak, probably through writing and playing too much at one time, that I can hardly use them.

I was a God-fearing child, innocent and physically attractive.

The flame that is naturally clear always gives the most light and heat. If I could blend my talent for poetry and music into one, the light would burn still clearer, and I might go far.

Only when the form grows clear to you, will the spirit become so too.

That first concept is alway the most naturally and best. The mind errs, the emotion never.