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

The Germans believe that, no matter where, they can get by on knowledge alone. Art, however, requires skill.

Transcendence: that which transcends experience.

Before passing different laws for different people, I'd relinquish myself unto you as your slave.

Once you have looked at the land from atop the Kahlenberg, you will understand what I write and who I am.

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.

If someone took the finest marble and knew how to shape it artfully: Prometheus' material was lowly clay, but his statues walked.