Memory, wit, fancy, acuteness, cannot grow young again in old age, but the heart can.

Flowers never emit so sweet and strong a fragrance as before a storm. When a storm approaches thee, be as fragrant as a sweet-smelling flower.

Never part without loving words to think of during your absence. It may be that you will not meet again in this life.

The darkness of death is like the evening twilight; it makes all objects appear more lovely to the dying.

The German language is the organ among the languages.

With so many thousand joys, is it not black ingratitude to call the world a place of sorrow and torment?

Laughing cheerfulness throws the light of day on all the paths of life.