Critics are reprimanded when they get sarcastic. How absurd! Is the torch of criticism supposed to shine without burning?

Gold is the gift of vanity and common pride, but flowers are the gift of love and friendship.

What raises great poetry above all else--it is the entire person and also the entire world.

If 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.

To test a modest man's modesty do not investigate if he ignores applause, find out if he abides criticism.

In the arts, foolhardiness is always harmful; even worse, however, is clumsiness.

He who takes people for smart pays an expensive lesson.