We're really up against it, we poor women: A bachelor's a hard thing to convert
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheThat which thy fathers have bequeathed to thee, earn it anew if thou wouldst possess it.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheA vi'let on the meadow grew, That no one saw, that no one knew, It was a modest flower. A shepherdess pass'd by that way-- Light footed, pretty and so gay; That way she came, Softly warbling forth her lay.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheA noble soul alone can noble souls attract; And knows alone, as ye, to hold them.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe