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.

Beauty is everywhere a welcome guest.

Truth has to be repeated constantly, because Error also is being preached all the time, and not just by a few, but by the multitude. In the Press and Encyclopaedias, in Schools and Universities, everywhere Error holds sway, feeling happy and comfortable in the knowledge of having Majority on its side.

It is in self-limitation that a master first shows himself.

The society of women is the element of good manners.

The person who in shaky times also wavers only increases the evil, but the person of firm decision fashions the universe.

There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action.