The prince exults whomever he selects as his consort, but the queen, rather than elevating the subject of her choice, humiliates him as a man. By all that is right, a man is not intended to be the husband of his wife, but a woman is to be her husband's wife.

The Germans believe that, no matter where, they can get by on knowledge alone. Art, however, requires skill.

Transcendence: that which transcends experience.

Who could deny that our Austria is richer than any other country? As the saying goes: "We have money like manure.

A love that dies has never lived.

In the long run, only woman remains true to mankind's foremost mission. Whatever she achieves, she achieves through herself, and alone. Man's master is the--public.

Progress will always have as its recourse to exaggerate what it cannot surpass.