Why do comparisons of words and tone poems (poetry and music) never take into consideration that the word is a mere signifier, but that the sound, aside from being a signifier, is also an object?

The course of modern learning leads from humanism via nationalism to bestiality.

You ardently strive for freedom, and I do wish you were free--but, rather than for your sake, so that government won't be.

A book is quite a beautiful thing, even more so learning. Together, however, all they amount to is called book-learning.

The courts used to be, fair and square, the avengers of secular crimes; but nowadays they demand respect even for the criminal.

From a distance the rushing of the torrent delights and uplifts us, but it rocks us in a flimsy boat, we are overwhelmed by despair. The same applies to danger.

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