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

A pious woman's neighbor, a philanthropist's child, a liberal's servant--these three have a hard life.

As far as the arts and the sciences are concerned, the German mind appreciates most highly that which it does not understand of the latter, and that which it does not enjoy of the former.

The character of the crowds is made up of mimicry and hostility.

Drive the women from the bed just as you drove them from the choir; a eunuch sings in Rome, and the priests masturbate.

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

Gold is the gift of vanity and common pride, but flowers are the gift of love and friendship.