A pious woman's neighbor, a philanthropist's child, a liberal's servant--these three have a hard life.

Genius unrefined resembles a flash of lightning, but wisdom is like the sun.

Love! Hate! Is there no third?

Mozart starved, but you allow Thalberg and Liszt make tons of gold: Of course, you may think that someone immortal cannot die of hunger

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

Plato calls complacency the companion of loneliness.

Love wants to be confirmed with concrete symbols, but recklessness loves instability.