The office of the prince and that of the writer are defined and assigned as follows: the nobleman gives rank to the written work,the writer provides food for the prince.

Let no one say that taking action is hard. Action is aided by courage, by the moment, by impulse, and the hardest thing in the world is making a decision.

Robespierre, this pedant of freedom!

It is the emotions to which one objects in Germany most of all.

German diligence is actually endurance.

How can you say that love is blind? Keener than a young eagle's is its sight.

It is good insofar as it is not evil.