"I am not afraid of death, for I know that I will live on in my music."

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

"The French are such asses, they are truly inept, for they have to go abroad for help."

"If Germany, my beloved fatherland, of whom you know I am proud, will not accept me, then must I, in the name of God, again make France or England richer by one capable German; — and to the shame of th…"

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