At certain times, men regard poetry merely as a bright flame, but to women it was, and always will be, a warm fire.

Two soldiers and a villain are enough to blow up the rights of the citizens.

Finally and long overdue, your people, oppressed and disgraced by hatred and maliciousness, have achieved justice: now you enjoy full citizen's rights, but you'll remain Jews nonetheless.

The verdict on Prince Metternich will soon be out: An excellent diplomat and a bad politician.

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.

Disregard for the consequences and for right and wrong nowadays passes as energy.

Even with limited intelligence, knowing oneself is not as difficult as some say, but to act according to what one has realized about oneself in real life is as difficult as practicing anything else, compared to theory.