Gold is the gift of vanity and common pride, but flowers are the gift of love and friendship.
Franz GrillparzerWhat raises great poetry above all else--it is the entire person and also the entire world.
Franz GrillparzerIf only it were God's will that printed and written materials have as much influence on the people as the princes and their censors fear! Considering the countless good books we have, the world would have changed for the better a long time ago.
Franz Grillparzer