Never expect any recognition here--the system prohibits it. The cross is not affixed to the genius, no, the genius is affixed to the cross.

The state has no religion for the simple reason that it has each and everyone.

Drink and be thankful to the host! What seems insignificant when you have it, is important when you need it.

Soon there will be nothing truly profound that is not achieved by everyone, and of the difficult things in this world only one will be left: simplicity.

Bunglers and pedants judge art according to genre; they approve of this and dismiss that genre, but instead of genres, the open-minded connoisseur appreciates only individual works.

Robespierre, this pedant of freedom!

No one will stop to help you when you are in need, but everyone forces opinions upon you that you do not require.