There is no crime of which I do not deem myself capable.

I wish the crowd to feel itself well treated, Especially since it lives and lets me live.

What is fruitful alone is true.

People will allow their faults to be shown them; they will let themselves be punished for them; they will patiently endure many things because of them; they only become impatient when they have to lay them aside.

We don't get to know people when they come to us; we must go to them to find out what they are like.

As long as you don't practice it, this dying and becoming, You are only a dreary guest on this dark earth.

Here too it’s masquerade, I find: As everywhere, the dance of mind. I grasped a lovely masked procession, And caught things from a horror show… I’d gladly settle for a false impression, If it would last a little longer, though.