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.

The graceful flowers of innocence are more valuable than the laurel crown of fame.

Those whom the gods chose as their property must not consort with mortals.

Science and art, or by the same token, poetry and prose differ from one another like a journey and an excursion. The purpose of the journey is its goal, the purpose of an excursion is the process.

In Germany, a certain artistic sense is fairly common, but the artist's sense is foreign there.

Our age believed herself pregnant with auspicious progeny, but when her hour came, it turned out to be dropsy.

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