Piety is the fermentation of the forming mind and the putrefaction of the disintegrating one.

Historical! Must it be historical to catch your attention? Even though historicity, like notoriety, denotes nothing more than thatsomething has occurred.

History is the zoology of the human race.

The verdict on Prince Metternich will soon be out: An excellent diplomat and a bad politician.

What a pathetic creature is man! His senses are awakened by the hope for the very thing whose consummation puts him to sleep.

If someone took the finest marble and knew how to shape it artfully: Prometheus' material was lowly clay, but his statues walked.

Praised be the good willing women who understand and take part in the fun--the body is an exacting beater, and even the heart is made of flesh.