Finally and long overdue, your people, oppressed and disgraced by hatred and maliciousness, have achieved justice: now you enjoy full citizen's rights, but you'll remain Jews nonetheless.

Women, children, Tyroleans and preachers want to create a new kingdom of God, but the God of their kingdom looks like women, children, preachers, and Tyrolians.

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

In the arts, foolhardiness is always harmful; even worse, however, is clumsiness.

I've never been on good terms with God, but now I'm becoming His intimate, for He is truly absolute and extremely legitimate.

He who takes people for smart pays an expensive lesson.

Art compares to nature like wine to the grape.