"I will seize Fate by the throat; it shall certainly not bend me completely to its will."

"Music is the one incorporeal entrance into the higher world of knowledge which comprehends mankind but which mankind cannot comprehend."

"My misfortune is double because I am misunderstood."

"I hate flatterers and toadies, but I like people who are straightforward and honest."

"Plaudite, amici, comedia finita est. (Applaud, my friends, the comedy is over.)"