Although your knowledge is weak and small, you need not be silent: since you cannot be judges be at least witnesses.

German diligence is actually endurance.

The way in which modern German poetry follows theories reminds me of pupils who, scolded by their teacher for their insubordination, justify themselves by saying that they invented new rules of propriety according to which they are quite well- behaved.

As far as the arts and the sciences are concerned, the German mind appreciates most highly that which it does not understand of the latter, and that which it does not enjoy of the former.

You can make the best of it and be content, or you can complain, it makes no difference. What does it matter that human beings judge the things that exist?

There is one privilege we'll never lose; currently it's called nationality. It means that everyone was born somewhere, which is infact self-evident.

A cure by regression is homeopathic, like healing the damage done by ministers and ignorance with stupidity and Jesuits.