They are miserly, the princes of Austria, you need not grieve about it; they may not donate anything, but they allow themselves tobe fleeced, the good lords.

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

No spoon has yet destroyed a mouth, but the knife of war cuts portions that are hard to swallow. Perhaps the big mouths of the privileged are able to cope with them, but they dull the teeth of the little people and ruin their stomachs.

The real genres: good and bad.

The most irascible person is most likely to become apathetic in dangerous situations.

Right and proof are two crutches for everything bent and crooked that limps along.

Women, children, Tyroleans and preachers want to create a new kingdom of God, but the God of their kingdom looks like women, children, preachers, and Tyrolians.