Man will return to his origins. Goethe has finally become as squiggly as the city of his fathers.

A cure by regression is homeopathic, like healing the damage done by ministers and ignorance with stupidity and Jesuits.

German diligence is actually endurance.

Art compares to nature like wine to the grape.

When mundane, lowly activities are at stake, too much insight is detrimental — far-sightedness errs in immediate concerns.

Someone who is reluctant to say what he needs to say, often ends up doing so with an insolence whose crassness is proportionate tohis fear, once he gathers the necessary courage.

My anger thought you too ignoble for my love, and close examination finds you too magnificent, and only equals are joined together smoothly.