"I would rather have a good cook than a bad composer."

"People err who think my art comes easily to me. I assure you, dear friend, nobody has devoted so much time and thought to compositions as I. There is not a famous master whose music I have not industr…"

"They probably think because I am so small and young, nothing of greatness and class can come out of me; but they shall soon find out."

"Sleep is good, and death is better; but of course, to live is the best of all."

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