I know how ingratitude burns, how falsehood tortures, for I have been deceived in friendship and in love; I have learned to lose and to resign myself.

Beauty satisfies the senses completely and at the same time uplifts the soul. That which gratifies the senses is pleasant, and that which uplifts the soul without being sensual in the least is good, true, right, anything you like, but not beautiful.

It is the emotions to which one objects in Germany most of all.

Before passing different laws for different people, I'd relinquish myself unto you as your slave.

The present is never poetic as it serves necessity, necessity, however, is prosaic.

There shall be no slave in your home, male or female: Least of all the mother of your son.

Although your knowledge is weak and small, you need not be silent: since you cannot be judges be at least witnesses.