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

Our age believed herself pregnant with auspicious progeny, but when her hour came, it turned out to be dropsy.

The Germans believe that, no matter where, they can get by on knowledge alone. Art, however, requires skill.

Recently, the Germans have developed a tendency to prefer the so-called first (youthful) style of great artists to their mature works. Could it be that they do not realize that their aesthetic criteria, generally speaking, are juvenile?

A person who looks different all the time frightens me. Only one animal changes its skin: the snake.

Uneducated people are unfortunate in that they do grasp complex issues, educated people, on the other hand, often do not understand simplicity, which is a far greater misfortune.

A woman's passion is not the measure of a man's love.