Isn't it awful that cold feet make for a cold imagination and that a pair of woollen socks induce good thoughts!

History is the zoology of the human race.

People of talent resemble a musical instrument more closely than they do a musician. Without outside help, they produce not a single sound, but given even the slightest touch, and a magnificent tune emanates from them.

Erroneous views and presumptuousness send a talent to the insane asylum.

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

Turning popular opinion upside down does not make an original.

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.