Letter of Domenico Cimarosa to unknown

«You ask me my opinion as to the best composition that came out of my feeble pen. I confess that your question gives me great pleasure […]. I shall tell you in secrecy [instinctively] that generally my composition titled Il Matrimonio segreto is quite praised, although in my opinion, I think the most tolerable of my [production] is Artemisia […]. But de gustibus non est disputandum […] I am old now and [care little] for praise from others […]. Now that you know my opinion, I invite you to spend a few days at my house».