The graceful flowers of innocence are more valuable than the laurel crown of fame.
Franz GrillparzerProfundity easily turns into dullness and astuteness deteriorates into wit. Be guided by natural common sense and it will accommodate great and small.
Franz GrillparzerA man may welcome his beloved with circumstance, but a woman's love and her concern for his well-being are discreet.
Franz GrillparzerWoman is the crown of all creation, but Man is the head who wears it, and even the servant is master in his house.
Franz GrillparzerWhat is the use of aesthetics if they can neither teach how to produce beauty nor how to appreciate it in good taste? It exists because it behooves rational human beings to provide reasons for their actions and assessments. Even if aesthetics are not the mathematics of beauty, they are the proof of the calculation.
Franz Grillparzer