"I keep no engagement if I do not choose.

I will sing no more to this people whom I hate.

My friend David, I have suffered enough.

Their applause I loathe--their covetous eyes as they watch me move about the stage--oh, I could strike them all dead! They come to me, these young Austrian noblemen, as though I were already one of a conquered race.

I keep their diamonds but I destroy their messages.