Only Art And Science Can Raise Men

Hide Your Secret Even From The Closest Friend; Learn To Be Silent.

Don't Regard Yourself As Too Divine To Improve, Occasionally, Your Own Works.

Only The Flint Of A Man's Mind Can Strike Fire In Music.

After Rossini Dies, Who Will Be There To Promote His Music?

I Carry My Thoughts About Me For A Long Time, Often A Very Long Time, Before I Write Them Down; Meanwhile My Memory Is So Faithful That I Am Sure Never To Forget, Not Even In Years, A Theme That Has Once Occurred To Me.