"The Frederick Chopin Society in Warsaw"

“I astonished Kalkbrenner, who at once asked me, was I not a pupil of Field, because I have Cramer's method and Field's touch.”

“I could express my feelings more easily if they could be put into the notes of music, but as the very best concert would not cover my affection for you, dear daddy, I must use the simple words of my heart, to lay before you my utmost gratitude and filial affection”

“I am cross and depressed, and people bore me with their excessive attentions. I can't breathe, I can't work; I feel alone, alone, alone, although I am surrounded. There are a whole lot of ladies, 70 to 80 year-old lords, but no young folk: they are all out shooting. One can't get out of doors because it has been raining and blowing for several days.”

“Play Mozart in memory of me— and I will hear you.”

“I wish I could throw off the thoughts which poison my happiness, but I take a kind of pleasure in indulging them.”

“You already know when I'm writing, so don't be surprised if it's short and dry, because I'm too hungry to write anything fat”