I love it when an aria fits a singer as perfectly as a suit of well-tailored clothes.

I too had to work hard, so as not to have to work hard any longer.

Let us put our trust in God and console ourselves with the thought that all is well, if it is in accordance with the will of the Almighty, as He knows best what is profitable and beneficial to our temporal happiness and our eternal salvation.

I am never happier than when I have something to compose, for that, after all, is my sole delight and passion

God first, then papa.

A man of ordinary talent will always be ordinary, whether he travels or not; but a man of superior talent (which I cannot deny myself to be without being impious) will go to pieces if he remains forever in the same place.

Forgive me, Majesty. I am a vulgar man! But I assure you, my music is not.