"I assure you that I am quite alone in the world."

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

"It is, of course, a money marriage, nothing more. I wouldn't want to enter into this kind of marriage. I wish to make my wife happy and not make my happiness through her."

"What annoys me most is that these stupid Frenchmen think I am still just seven years old - because that was my age when they first saw me - (...) they treat me here like a beginner - except the musici…"

"I have a terrible memory for names, but I can remember every note of a piece of music after hearing it once."