Distinctly different as a child, as an adolescent, in his prime and in his old age, man considers himself as one, not because he acts, but because he knows.

German diligence is actually endurance.

Much as I honor the wisdom of the princess--there is something more dashing about a man.

Let no one say that taking action is hard. Action is aided by courage, by the moment, by impulse, and the hardest thing in the world is making a decision.

How great seems human progress when we consider where it began, and how insignificant, when we contemplate the goals for which itstrives.

I understand the phrase "Honor the Women" all too well: the poet has probably a wife of his own, but he prefers to honor another.

There shall be no slave in your home, male or female: Least of all the mother of your son.