As the stars are the glory of the sky, so great men are the glory of their country, yea, of the whole earth. The hearts of great men are the stars of earth; and doubtless when one looks down from above upon our planet, these hearts are seen to send forth, a silvery light just like the stars of heaven.

God will forgive me. It's his job." Heine said this on his deathbed (1856). Hilarious. He must have thought that up years before and counted the seconds to use it.

You cannot feed the hungry on statistics.

The men of action are, after all, only the unconscious instruments of the men of thought.

She resembles the Venus de Milo: she is very old, has no teeth, and has white spots on her yellow skin.

High in the air rises the forest of oaks, high over the oaks soar the eagle, high over the eagle sweep the clouds, high over the clouds gleam the stars... high over the stars sweep the angels.

The fountain of love is the rose and the lily, the sun and the dove.