All I insist on, and nothing else, is that you should show the whole world that you are not afraid. Be silent; but when it is necessary, speak - and speak in such a way that people will remember it.

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 r…

I pay no attention whatever to anybody's praise or blame. I simply follow my own feelings.

Stay with me to-night; you must see me die. I have long had the taste of death on my tongue, I smell death, and who will stand by my Constanze, if you do not s…

'You will never be mayor, because you say dumb and stupid things!'

'Silence will save me from being wrong (and foolish), but it will also deprive me of the possibility of being right.'

President Mugabe is like a lion - when he roars, he leaves some quotable quotes that linger in the mind for a very long time.