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.

Does it not seem as if Mozart's works become fresher and fresher the oftener we hear them?

For me, music is always the language which permits one to converse with the Beyond.

Let your intimate friends be chosen from such as are better informed than yourself.

We have learned to express the more delicate nuances of feeling by penetrating more deeply into the mysteries of harmony.

My heart pounds sickeningly and I turn pale... I often feel as if I were dead... I seem to be losing my mind.

Talent works, genius creates.