Everything we do has a result. But that which is right and prudent does not always lead to good, nor the contrary to what is bad.

What must the English and French think of the language of our philosophers when we Germans do not understand it ourselves?

The proper place for liberality is in the realm of the emotions.

Paternity is based anyhow only upon conviction: I am convinced, therefore, I am the father.

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.

People have a peculiar pleasure in making converts, that is, in causing others to enjoy what they enjoy, thus finding their own likeness represented and reflected back to them.

What a man does not understand, he does not possess.