Just as the queen bee, the highest-ranking, peerless creature of her hive, is surrounded by lowly drones to please her, whereas the workers produce honey, the same way is the one who sits on the throne an equal only to himself, and no one's companion.

Prose and poetry are as different as food and drink.

Is it true that one travels in order to know mankind? It is easier to get to know other people at home, but abroad one gets to know oneself.

Swear words and profanities are mere abbreviations of speech, similar to the abbreviations in writing.

Let the famous not denounce fame. Far from being empty and meaningless, it fills those it touches with divine power.

Do hurry and proclaim the concordat. Then castrate yourselves to keep from sinning.

They are miserly, the princes of Austria, you need not grieve about it; they may not donate anything, but they allow themselves tobe fleeced, the good lords.