Nor do I hear in my imagination the parts successively, but I hear them, as it were, all at once (gleich dies zusammen). What a delight this is I cannot tell ! All this inventing, this producing, takes place in a pleasing lively dream.

God is ever before my eyes. I realize his omnipotence and I fear His anger; but I also recognize his compassion, and His tenderness towards His creatures.

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

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.

My fatherland has always the first claim on me.

If people could see into my heart, I should almost feel ashamed - all there is cold, cold as ice.