It is good insofar as it is not evil.

Metaphysics must be based on what exists, for it has the task of explicating it.

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

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

Woman is the crown of all creation, but Man is the head who wears it, and even the servant is master in his house.

In order to succeed in a profession, a person not only needs to have its good, but also its bad qualities. The former are the spirit, the latter is the body of the job.

Man lives two lives, woe, were it otherwise! One is seized by death, the other one, his honor, remains.