"I love my wife, and she loves me, and that is all that matters."

"It is, of course, a money marriage, nothing more. I wouldn't want to enter into this kind of marriage. I wish to make my wife happy and not make my happiness through her."

"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…"

"I have no patience with people who are always complaining."

"I am a child of God, and I will always be one."