I look around me and nowhere do I see a stamp of disapproval with which nature marked a woman's candid brow.

Trying to conceal a crime is like burying a seed in the ground.

It's the misfortune of German authors that not a single one of them dares to expose his true character. Everyone thinks that he has to be better than he is.

Metaphysics must be based on what exists, for it has the task of explicating it.

Nothing genuinely historical was ever lost in this country. For this reason we have two ruling parties: villains and fools.

Lap-dogs and blood-hounds enjoy the greatest respect at court; house-dogs and no dogs at all are not even considered.

Only by himself, with one acre and a house, will a dunce be a dunce. Once he manages to gain power, he'll turn into a scoundrel.