“I would rather write 10,000 notes than a single letter of the alphabet.”

“I love a tree more than a man.”

“It is my wish that you may have at better and freer life than I have had. Recommend virtue to your children; it alone, not money, can make them happy. I speak from experience; this was what upheld me in time of misery.”

“Music is ... A higher revelation than all Wisdom & Philosophy”

“Nothing is more intolerable than to have admit to yourself your own errors.”

“Never shall I forget the days I spent with you. Continue to be my friend, as you will always find me yours.”

“It seemed unthinkable for me to leave the world forever before I had produced all that I felt called upon to produce”