Handel Understands Effect Better Than Any Of

As Death, When We Come To Consider It Closely, Is The True Goal Of Our Existence . . .

Melody Is The Essence Of Music. I Compare A Good Melodist To A Fine Racer, And Counterpointists To Hack Post-horses; Therefore Be Advised, Let Well Alone And Remember The Old Italian Proverb: Chi Sa Più, Meno Sa— Who Knows Most, Knows Least.

I Really Do Not Aim At Any Originality.

Now There Is Music From Which A Man Can Learn Something.

When I Am Traveling In A Carriage, Or Walking After A Good Meal, Or During The Night When I Cannot Sleep; It Is On Such Occasions That Ideas Flow Best And Most Abundantly.