George Frideric Handel

I should be sorry if I only entertained them; I wish to make them better.

I did not wish to make them merry, I wished to make them better.

Whether I was in my body or out of my body when I wrote it, I know not. God knows.

I have been much better acquainted with my Bible since I wrote it.

I have had a good deal of trouble, but I have always trusted in God.

My Lord, I did not write it for entertainment, but for the edification of mankind.

I did not think I should ever live to see such a thing.

I have been a good deal in the world, and I have seen a good deal of it.

I have always considered myself as a servant of the public.

I have always endeavoured to do my best.

I have always had a great regard for the English nation.

I have always been a lover of liberty.

I have always been a friend to the poor.

I have always been a man of peace.

I have always been a man of honour.

I have always been a man of truth.

I have always been a man of integrity.

I have always been a man of principle.

I have always been a man of courage.

I have always been a man of resolution.