Is it true that one travels in order to know mankind? It is easier to get to know other people at home, but abroad one gets to know oneself.

Prose and poetry are as different as food and drink.

Swear words and profanities are mere abbreviations of speech, similar to the abbreviations in writing.

You even called me stupid in your verse, and I'm almost agreeing, for where stupidity is involved, you are quite an expert, friend.

Love wants to be confirmed with concrete symbols, but recklessness loves instability.

It's the misfortune of German authors that not a single one of them dares to expose his true character. Everyone thinks that he has to be better than he is.

When the theater gates open, a mob pours inside, and it is the poet's task to turn it into an audience.