A king there was once reigning, Who had a goodly flea, Him loved he without feigning, As his own son were he!

I wish the crowd to feel itself well treated, Especially since it lives and lets me live.

As our inclinations, so our opinions.

When you praise someone you call yourself his equal.

Whether one show one's self a man of genius in science or compose a song, the only point is, whether the thought, the discovery, the deed, is living and can live on.

The force of a language does not consist of rejecting what is foreign but of swallowing it.

Talents are nurtured best in solitude, But character on life's tempestuous seas!