"If I had girls to educate I would not have them learn both music and drawing."

"To what derision should I be exposed from a thousand quarters!- An unlearned female entering the lists of criticism against the mighty Johnson!"

"A masculine education cannot spare from professional study and the necessary acquisition of languages, the time and attention which I have bestowed on the compositions of my countrymen."

"Let me be content with being happy, without sighing that I am not distinguished."

"Though just biographical record will touch the failings of the good and the eminent with tenderness."

"Were I to flatter myself with the possibility of success in such combat, it would indeed be presumption."