Morality, a muzzle for the will; logic, a climbing iron for the mind.

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

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.

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

What raises great poetry above all else--it is the entire person and also the entire world.

No one will stop to help you when you are in need, but everyone forces opinions upon you that you do not require.

If we notice a few errors in the work of a proven master, we may and even will often be correct; if we believe, however, that he is completely and utterly mistaken, we are in danger of missing his entire concept.