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.

To compose is to remember music that has never been written.

"We liked it" or "I didn't like it" people say. As if it were nothing higher than to please the people!

Remember, there are more people in the world than yourself. Be modest! You have not yet invented nor thought anything which others have not thought or invented before. And should you really have done so, consider it a gift of heaven which you are to share with others.

A fiery, good beginner always stands higher than a master in mediocrity.

I am so fresh in soul and spirit that life gushes and bubbles around me in a thousand springs.

Music induces nightingales to sing, pug dogs to yelp.