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.

Boundless in your charity, but shrewd and cautious as a lender, you delight all those today whom you made beggars the day before.

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

Beauty satisfies the senses completely and at the same time uplifts the soul. That which gratifies the senses is pleasant, and that which uplifts the soul without being sensual in the least is good, true, right, anything you like, but not beautiful.

Our poetry emulates the recent progress in military strategy: Our army's strength is the foot soldiers.

If we notice a few errors in the work of a proven master, we may and even will often be correct; if we believe, however, that he is completely and utterly mistaken, we are in danger of missing his entire concept.

The noble woman is half a man, even a complete one. Only their imperfections make them women.