All I insist on, and nothing else, is that you should show the whole world that you are not afraid. Be silent, if you choose; but when it is necessary, speak—and speak in such a way that people will remember it.

Believe me, my sole purpose is to make as much money as possible; for after good health it is the best thing to have.

The whole, though it be long, stands almost complete and finished in my mind so that I can survey it at a glance. Nor do I hear in my imagination the parts successively, but I hear them, as it were, all at once. What delight this is I cannot tell!

To my eyes and ears the organ will ever be the King of Instruments.

Our riches, being in our brains, die with us... Unless of course someone chops off our head, in which case, we won't need them anyway.

To win applause one must write stuff so simple that a coachman might sing it.

It is a great consolation for me to remember that the Lord, to whom I had drawn near in humble and child-like faith, has suffered and died for me, and that He will look on me in love and compassion.