Once you have looked at the land from atop the Kahlenberg, you will understand what I write and who I am.

The noble woman is half a man, even a complete one. Only their imperfections make them women.

Much as I honor the wisdom of the princess--there is something more dashing about a man.

Let the will embrace the highest ideals freely and with infinite strength, but let action first take hold of what lies closest.

Perhaps the most embarrassing experience is being caught at a lie by a simpleton who sneers at our asinine cleverness.

In Germany, a certain artistic sense is fairly common, but the artist's sense is foreign there.

Someone who is reluctant to say what he needs to say, often ends up doing so with an insolence whose crassness is proportionate tohis fear, once he gathers the necessary courage.