What's even worse than a flute? - Two flutes!

When I feel well and in a good humour, or when I am taking a drive or walking after a good meal, or in the night when I cannot sleep, thoughts crowd into my mind as easily as my mind might wish.

To talk well and eloquently is a very great art, but that an equally great one is to know the right moment to stop.

I am a fool. That is well known.

An astonishing number of kisses are flying about! I see a whole crowd of them. Ha! Ha! I have just caught three - They are delicious... I kiss you millions of times.

The most necessary, most difficult and principal thing in music, that is time.

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