The spirit of poetry combines the profundity of the philosopher and the child's delight in bright pictures.

The courts used to be, fair and square, the avengers of secular crimes; but nowadays they demand respect even for the criminal.

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.

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.

I love the pride whose measure is its own eminence and not the insignificance of someone else.

The course of modern learning leads from humanism via nationalism to bestiality.

Ideas are not thoughts; the thought respects the boundaries that the idea ignores thereby failing to realize itself.