And we went our separate ways without having understood each other. As in this world nobody understands the other easily.

The wealth that cannot be administered is a burden.

You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him.

Nothing is so atrocious as fancy without taste.

So dear night the half of life is, And the fairest half indeed.

A correct answer is like an affectionate kiss.

The sun had, in the meanwhile, sunk behind the Ettersberg. We felt in the wood the chill of the evening, and drove all the quicker to Wiemar, and to Goethe's house. Goethe urged me to go in with him for a while, and I did so. He was in an extremely engaging mood. He talked a great deal about his theory of colors, and of his obstinate opponents; remarking that he was sure that he had done something in this science.