I am a fool. That is well known.
God first, then papa.
I should like to know for what reason idleness is so popular with many young people that it is impossible to dissuade them from it either by words or by chastisements.
To win applause one must write stuff so simple that a coachman might sing it.
Melody is the essence of music.
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.