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

The plot! The plot! What kind of plot could a poet possibly provide that is not surpassed by the thinking, feeling reader? Form alone is divine.

The office of the prince and that of the writer are defined and assigned as follows: the nobleman gives rank to the written work,the writer provides food for the prince.

The art of acting presupposes three phases: understanding a part, intuiting a part, and contemplating the essence of a part.

The ramparts of Vienna are crumbling into the sand; no one wants to live so confined, however, the entire country is already surrounded by a Chinese wall!

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

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