Trousers and the reputation of not being a thief are similar in the following way: There is no particular honor in having them butonce they are lost, everyone thinks they have the right to insult us.

What are the characteristics of today's world so that one may recognize it by them?" It pays pensions and borrows money: credit and monuments.

Why do villains have so much influence? Because the honest people are terribly dense.

Do you think that it is possible to have a mere taste of commonness? Either one hates it or makes common cause with it.

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

When mundane, lowly activities are at stake, too much insight is detrimental — far-sightedness errs in immediate concerns.

The spirit of poetry combines the profundity of the philosopher and the child's delight in bright pictures.