At certain times, men regard poetry merely as a bright flame, but to women it was, and always will be, a warm fire.
Franz GrillparzerPiety is the fermentation of the forming mind and the putrefaction of the disintegrating one.
Franz GrillparzerTo test a modest man's modesty do not investigate if he ignores applause, find out if he abides criticism.
Franz GrillparzerMozart starved, but you allow Thalberg and Liszt make tons of gold: Of course, you may think that someone immortal cannot die of hunger
Franz Grillparzer