In Germany, a certain artistic sense is fairly common, but the artist's sense is foreign there.

Recently, the Germans have developed a tendency to prefer the so-called first (youthful) style of great artists to their mature works. Could it be that they do not realize that their aesthetic criteria, generally speaking, are juvenile?

The prince exults whomever he selects as his consort, but the queen, rather than elevating the subject of her choice, humiliates him as a man. By all that is right, a man is not intended to be the husband of his wife, but a woman is to be her husband's wife.

Do not push so fast ahead, do slow down a bit! Otherwise you won't catch up with yourselves.

Our age believed herself pregnant with auspicious progeny, but when her hour came, it turned out to be dropsy.

People of talent resemble a musical instrument more closely than they do a musician. Without outside help, they produce not a single sound, but given even the slightest touch, and a magnificent tune emanates from them.

It is fair to despise a cowardly man, but the female sex is strongest when it's weak.