One must not make oneself cheap here -- that is a cardinal point -- or else one is done. Whoever is most impertinent has the best chance.
Source: Letter, 5 Sep 1781; in The Letters of Mozart and His Family, 1966.
-- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, (Jan 27 1756-1791), Austrian composer; He was child prodigy who composed 600+ works - chamber music, symphonies and operas, e.g., The Magic Flute, 1787.