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.

Do hurry and proclaim the concordat. Then castrate yourselves to keep from sinning.

If human beings are immortal, so are animals. If matter has the ability to remember, it also has the ability to think.

Much as I honor the wisdom of the princess--there is something more dashing about a man.

Prose and poetry are as different as food and drink.

Even with limited intelligence, knowing oneself is not as difficult as some say, but to act according to what one has realized about oneself in real life is as difficult as practicing anything else, compared to theory.

Before passing different laws for different people, I'd relinquish myself unto you as your slave.