The art of acting presupposes three phases: understanding a part, intuiting a part, and contemplating the essence of a part.

Trying to conceal a crime is like burying a seed in the ground.

When we interpret nature, we refer phenomena that are rarely entirely unintelligible back to something that actually exists, but is equally unintelligible.

Transcendence: that which transcends experience.

In order to succeed in a profession, a person not only needs to have its good, but also its bad qualities. The former are the spirit, the latter is the body of the job.

The noble woman is half a man, even a complete one. Only their imperfections make them women.

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