Man only plays when in the full meaning of the word he is a man, and he is only completely a man when he plays.

To the fool-king belongs the world.

Without a home must the soldier go, a changeful wanderer, and can warm himself at no home-lit hearth.

Aesthetic matters are fundamental for the harmonious development of both society and the individual.

A sublime soul can rise to all kinds of greatness, but by an effort; it can tear itself from all bondage, to all that limits and constrains it, but only by strength of will. Consequently the sublime soul is only free by broken efforts.

Secrecy is for the happy,--misery, hopeless misery, needs no veil; under a thousand suns it dares act openly.

Emulation is a noble and just passion, full of appreciation.