What's the meaning of all the pious clamor, condemning cocks and hens? Those who have no teeth are the greatest meat-haters.

Moons and years pass by and are gone forever, but a beautiful moment shimmers through life a ray of light.

Once you have looked at the land from atop the Kahlenberg, you will understand what I write and who I am.

The ramparts of Vienna are crumbling into the sand; no one wants to live so confined, however, the entire country is already surrounded by a Chinese wall!

Pity, but never love bestows kind words upon the slave.

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

A flutist who is moved to tears by his own performance will soon make the listeners laugh because of the sounds that he produces.