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

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

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

My great grandfather used to say to his wife, my great-grandmother, who in turn told her daughter, my grandmother, who repeated it to her daughter, my mother, who used to remind her daughter, my own sister, that to talk well and eloquently was a very great art, but that an equally great one was to know the right moment to stop.

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

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.