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

Lap-dogs and blood-hounds enjoy the greatest respect at court; house-dogs and no dogs at all are not even considered.

No shortcomings of other people cause us to be more intolerant than those which are caricatures of our own.

Drink and be thankful to the host! What seems insignificant when you have it, is important when you need it.

A wise man can and should stand above his times, not so the poet, but he should be their apex.

If someone were to think that trees are made to support the sky, they would all seem too short.

How great seems human progress when we consider where it began, and how insignificant, when we contemplate the goals for which itstrives.