If a poet would work politically, he must give himself up to a party; and so soon as he does that, he is lost as a poet.

Limitation of aims is the mother of wisdom and the secret of achievement.

At all times it has not been the age, but individuals alone, who have worked for knowledge. It was the age which put Socrates to death by poison, the age which burnt Huss. The ages have always remained alike.

Love and desire are the spirit's wings to great deeds.

Faith is hidden household capital.

The child, offered the mother's breast, Will not in the beginning grab it; But soon it clings to it with zest. And thus at wisdom's copious breasts You'll drink each day with greater zest.

Everything is simpler than you think and at the same time more complex than you imagine