Ah! my poor brain is racked and crazed, My spirit and senses amazed!

Faust: Who holds the devil, let him hold him well, He hardly will be caught a second time.

You must be either the servant or the master, the hammer or the anvil.

The greater part of all the mischief in the world arises from the fact that men do not sufficiently understand their own aims.

The rich want good wine, the poor, plenty of wine

The true poet is called to take in the splendor of the world and for that reason will always be inclined to praise rather than tofind fault.

He who cannot draw on three thousand years is living from hand to mouth.