If art is to have a special train, the critic must keep some seats reserved on it.

One has a right to judge a man by the effect he has over his friends.

Im Krieg machen die Starken die Schwachen zu Sklaven, im Frieden machen die Reichen die Armen zu Sklaven.

Nothing makes one so vain as being told that one is a sinner.

I have always been of the opinion that hard work is simply the refuge of people who have nothing whatever to do.

Be happy, be happy; you shall have your red rose. I will build it out of music by moonlight, and stain it with my own heart's-blood. All that I ask of you in return is that you will be a true lover, for Love is wiser than Philosophy, though she is wise, and mightier than Power, though he is mighty.

I have always been of opinion that a man who desires to get married should know either everything or nothing.