You even called me stupid in your verse, and I'm almost agreeing, for where stupidity is involved, you are quite an expert, friend.

A flutist who is moved to tears by his own performance will soon make the listeners laugh because of the sounds that he produces.

The ramparts of Vienna are crumbling into the sand; no one wants to live so confined, however, the entire country is already surrounded by a Chinese wall!

The graceful flowers of innocence are more valuable than the laurel crown of fame.

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

At certain times, men regard poetry merely as a bright flame, but to women it was, and always will be, a warm fire.

What a pathetic creature is man! His senses are awakened by the hope for the very thing whose consummation puts him to sleep.