"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…"

"My greatest delight is to be among my books."

"I wish I could live forever, so I could compose more music."

"I am not a man who can be easily intimidated."

"I hope that I shall live to be a hundred years old, and then I shall have time to write all the music that I have in my head."