Woman is the crown of all creation, but Man is the head who wears it, and even the servant is master in his house.

No shortcomings of other people cause us to be more intolerant than those which are caricatures of our own.

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

Isn't it awful that cold feet make for a cold imagination and that a pair of woollen socks induce good thoughts!

Beauty satisfies the senses completely and at the same time uplifts the soul. That which gratifies the senses is pleasant, and that which uplifts the soul without being sensual in the least is good, true, right, anything you like, but not beautiful.

The present is never poetic as it serves necessity, necessity, however, is prosaic.

It is the emotions to which one objects in Germany most of all.