Art compares to nature like wine to the grape.

Lap-dogs and blood-hounds enjoy the greatest respect at court; house-dogs and no dogs at all are not even considered.

When receiving an order, many servants repeat their "yes" numerous times, especially the lazy ones.

Transcendence: that which transcends experience.

The uneducated person perceives only the individual phenomenon, the partly educated person the rule, and the educated person the exception.

Never expect any recognition here--the system prohibits it. The cross is not affixed to the genius, no, the genius is affixed to the cross.

Ideas are not thoughts; the thought respects the boundaries that the idea ignores thereby failing to realize itself.