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

Isn't it awful that cold feet make for a cold imagination and that a pair of woollen socks induce good thoughts!

The main reason why men and women make different aesthetic judgments is the fact that the latter, generally incapable of abstraction, only admire what meets their complete approval.

What raises great poetry above all else--it is the entire person and also the entire world.

Genius resembles a bell; in order to ring it must be suspended into pure air, and when a foreign body touches it, its joyful toneis silenced.

Who claims that the heathen's view of the world is incorrect? Life gives you nothing! It is ruled by false gods! Nothing remains true to you but your own self; provided you remain true to it.

The character of the crowds is made up of mimicry and hostility.