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

"I pay no attention whatever to anybody's praise or blame. I simply follow my own feelings."

"My love for you grows with each passing day."

"I have often wished that I could be a bird, so that I might fly away from all my troubles."

"I have no money, but I have a good heart."