Judge a man's character by what he finds ridiculous.

This is the true measure of love, When we believe that we alone can love, That no one could ever have loved so before us, And that no one will ever love in the same way after us.

Life is the childhood of our immortality.

Words express neither objects nor ourselves.

Mozart is a human incarnation of the divine force of creation.

A noble man is led by woman's gentle words.

This being busied with thoughts of immortality is for the noble classes and especially for women with nothing to do. A solid person, though, someone who already intends to be something worthy here, and who therefore has to strive daily, has to struggle and work, gives the world to come a rest.