Before passing different laws for different people, I'd relinquish myself unto you as your slave.

Even with limited intelligence, knowing oneself is not as difficult as some say, but to act according to what one has realized about oneself in real life is as difficult as practicing anything else, compared to theory.

Man lives two lives, woe, were it otherwise! One is seized by death, the other one, his honor, remains.

Gold is the gift of vanity and common pride, but flowers are the gift of love and friendship.

Strength, strength alone, is honorable, the German nation clamors in its majesty. But since it is hard to muster strength so suddenly, they have to make do with boorishness.

He who takes people for smart pays an expensive lesson.

You even called me stupid in your verse, and I'm almost agreeing, for where stupidity is involved, you are quite an expert, friend.