As in Rome there is, apart from the Romans, a population of statues, so apart from this real world there is a world of illusion, almost more potent, in which most men live.

Ohne Hast, aber ohne Rast. - Without haste, but without rest.

There is no remedy but love for the great superiority of others

The rogue has everywhere the advantage.

There is no better deliverance from the world than through art, and a man can form no surer bond with it.

Night is the other half of life, and the better half.

One should not search for anything behind the phenomena. They themselves are the message.