"If people would only know how much I have to do to acquire my art, it would not seem so easy to them."

"My son, to find one man in a 1000 who is your true friend for reasons other than self-interest is one of the greatest wonders of this world."

"Constanze is not ugly, but anything but beautiful; all her beauty consists of two little black eyes and a handsome figure."

"I am a composer and therefore I do not have to think about anything else."

"I have always sought to compose what is good and true."