Sharp and mild, dull and keen, well known and strange, dirty and clean, where both the fool and wise are seen: All this am I, have ever been, - in me dove, snake and swine convene!

Illusions are certainly expensive amusements; but the destruction of illusions is still more expensive, if looked upon as an amusement, as it undoubtedly is by some people.

Although the most acute judges of the witches and even the witches themselves, were convinced of the guilt of witchery, the guilt nevertheless was non-existent. It is thus with all guilt.

A pair of powerful spectacles has sometimes sufficed to cure a person in love.

God is dead, God remains dead, and we have killed him.

When virtue has slept it will arise more vigorous.

The good displeases us when we are not up to it.