The ramparts of Vienna are crumbling into the sand; no one wants to live so confined, however, the entire country is already surrounded by a Chinese wall!

Drink and be thankful to the host! What seems insignificant when you have it, is important when you need it.

Since love is folly, a foolish woman is more dangerous than a wise one.

How great seems human progress when we consider where it began, and how insignificant, when we contemplate the goals for which itstrives.

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.

Genius differs from talent not by the amount of original thoughts, but by making the latter fertile and by positioning them properly, in other words, by integrating everything into a whole, whereas talent produces only fragments, no matter how beautiful.

Woman is the crown of all creation, but Man is the head who wears it, and even the servant is master in his house.