He who is and remains true to himself and to others has the most attractive quality of the greatest talent.

The works of Lavoisier and his associates operated upon many of us at that time like the Sun's rising after a night of moonshine: but Chemistry is now betrothed to the Mathematics, and is in consequence grown somewhat shy of her former admirers.

Piety is not a goal but a means to attain through the purest peace of mind the highest culture.

Who is the most sensible person? The one who finds what is to their own advantage in all that happens to them.

I have often reaped what others have sowed. My work is the work of a collective being that bears the name Goethe.

Love is an ideal thing, marriage a real thing

Cursed Mammon be, when he with treasures To restless action spurs our fate! Cursed when for soft, indulgent leisures, He lays for us the pillows straight.