"I have no money, but I have a good heart."

"I ask your forgiveness for my bad handwriting. It is due to the fact that I am always thinking of something else."

"My greatest joy is to make people happy with my music."

"All I insist on, and nothing else, is that you should show the whole world that you are not afraid. Be silent, if you choose; but when it is necessary, speak—and speak in such a way that people will r…"

"It is a great error to suppose that my art has become easy to me. I assure you, dear friend, no one has given so much care to the study of composition as I. There is scarcely a celebrated master in mu…"