Who is the most sensible person? The one who finds what is to their own advantage in all that happens to them.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheOnly that type of story deserves to be called moral that shows us that one has the power within oneself to act, out of the conviction that there is something better, even against one's own inclination.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheThere is no outward sign of true courtesy that does not rest on a deep moral foundation.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheTrue art can only spring from the intimate linking of the serious and the playful.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe