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

“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”

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

“Don’t only practice your art, but force your way into its secrets, for it and knowledge can raise men to the divine.”

“Never misjudge the most faithful heart of your beloved.”