Strength, strength alone, is honorable, the German nation clamors in its majesty. But since it is hard to muster strength so suddenly, they have to make do with boorishness.

Why do villains have so much influence? Because the honest people are terribly dense.

Uneducated people are unfortunate in that they do grasp complex issues, educated people, on the other hand, often do not understand simplicity, which is a far greater misfortune.

What a pathetic creature is man! His senses are awakened by the hope for the very thing whose consummation puts him to sleep.

I know how ingratitude burns, how falsehood tortures, for I have been deceived in friendship and in love; I have learned to lose and to resign myself.

The ideas of an age are most abundant where they are not crowded by original ideas.

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.