A woman's passion is not the measure of a man's love.

The real genres: good and bad.

The likeness of the world? A shadow! And world's glory? A dream!

A flutist who is moved to tears by his own performance will soon make the listeners laugh because of the sounds that he produces.

Whoever considers morality the main objective of human existence, seems to me like a person who defines the purpose of a clock asnot going wrong. The first objective for a clock, is, however, that it does run; not going wrong is an additional regulative function. If not a watch's greatest accomplishment were not going wrong, unwound watches might be the best.

Prose and poetry are as different as food and drink.

Finally and long overdue, your people, oppressed and disgraced by hatred and maliciousness, have achieved justice: now you enjoy full citizen's rights, but you'll remain Jews nonetheless.