You ardently strive for freedom, and I do wish you were free--but, rather than for your sake, so that government won't be.

I would love to be able to write a tragedy in my imagination--it would turn into a masterpiece.

Man lives two lives, woe, were it otherwise! One is seized by death, the other one, his honor, remains.

Just as the queen bee, the highest-ranking, peerless creature of her hive, is surrounded by lowly drones to please her, whereas the workers produce honey, the same way is the one who sits on the throne an equal only to himself, and no one's companion.

What is the use of aesthetics if they can neither teach how to produce beauty nor how to appreciate it in good taste? It exists because it behooves rational human beings to provide reasons for their actions and assessments. Even if aesthetics are not the mathematics of beauty, they are the proof of the calculation.

It is good insofar as it is not evil.

When receiving an order, many servants repeat their "yes" numerous times, especially the lazy ones.