You can make the best of it and be content, or you can complain, it makes no difference. What does it matter that human beings judge the things that exist?

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

When mundane, lowly activities are at stake, too much insight is detrimental — far-sightedness errs in immediate concerns.

Drink and be thankful to the host! What seems insignificant when you have it, is important when you need it.

Those who want to row on the ocean of human knowledge do not get far, and the storm drives those out of their course who set sail.

The present is never poetic as it serves necessity, necessity, however, is prosaic.

I notice well that one stray step from the habitual path leads irresistibly into a new direction. Life moves forward, it never reverses its course.