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

When the theater gates open, a mob pours inside, and it is the poet's task to turn it into an audience.

Genius unrefined resembles a flash of lightning, but wisdom is like the sun.

Never expect any recognition here--the system prohibits it. The cross is not affixed to the genius, no, the genius is affixed to the cross.

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

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?

Praised be the good willing women who understand and take part in the fun--the body is an exacting beater, and even the heart is made of flesh.