Wit is the appearance, the external flash, of fantasy. Hence its divinity and the similarity to the wit of mysticism.

A genuinely free and educated man should be able to tune himself, as one tunes a musical instrument, absolutely arbitrarily, at his convenience at any time and to any degree, philosophically or philologically, critically or poetically, historically or rhetorically, in ancient or modern form.

Strictly speaking, the idea of a scientific poem is probably as nonsensical as that of a poetic science.

As the ancient commander addressed his soldiers before battle, so should the moralist speak to men in the struggle of the era.

All men are somewhat ridiculous and grotesque, just because they are men; and in this respect artists might well be regarded as man multiplied by two. So it is, was, and shall be.

Every uneducated person is a caricature of himself.

Religion must completely encircle the spirit of ethical man like his element, and this luminous chaos of divine thoughts and feelings is called enthusiasm.