“But what minutes! Count them by sensation, and not by calendars, and each moment is a day.”

“It destroys one's nerves to be amiable every day to the same human being.”

“Most people die with their music still locked up inside them.”

“What we anticipate seldom occurs: but what we least expect generally happens.”

“You asked me where I generally lived. In my workshop [i.e. in his study] in the mornings and always in the library in the evening. Books are companions even if you don’t open them.”

“What we learn from history is that we do not learn from history”

“What is earnest is not always true; on the contrary, error is often more earnest than truth.”