What raises great poetry above all else--it is the entire person and also the entire world.

Swear words and profanities are mere abbreviations of speech, similar to the abbreviations in writing.

When receiving an order, many servants repeat their "yes" numerous times, especially the lazy ones.

You say I'm small? I certainly can relate, although it is a matter of perspective. The distance is deceptive, my friend, you standtoo low.

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.

The present is never poetic as it serves necessity, necessity, however, is prosaic.

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!