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

The plot! The plot! What kind of plot could a poet possibly provide that is not surpassed by the thinking, feeling reader? Form alone is divine.

I love the pride whose measure is its own eminence and not the insignificance of someone else.

German radicalism: freedom-masturbation.

Drink and be thankful to the host! What seems insignificant when you have it, is important when you need it.

I am a woman, and even if I could proceed with harshness and rigidity, it would disgust me nonetheless.

A wise man can and should stand above his times, not so the poet, but he should be their apex.