"I carry my thoughts about with me for a long time, often a very long time, before I write them down."

"Ah how could I possibly admit such an infirmity in the one sense which should have been more perfect in me than in others[?]"

"What is difficult is also beautiful."

"My mind is so full of music that I could write all day and all night. But I cannot write it down fast enough."

"I hate the sound of the flute."