"There are and will be thousands of princes; there is only one Beethoven."

"O, you men who think or say that I am malevolent, stubborn, or misanthropic, how greatly do you wrong me."

"I shall remain a bachelor all my life, as I have found no one who understands me."

"The day will come when I shall be able to speak to God without an interpreter."

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