The drama is complete poetry. The ode and the epic contain it only in germ; it contains both of them in a state of high development, and epitomizes both.

No man is more unhappy than the one who is never in adversity; the greatest affliction of life is never to be afflicted.

Phenomena intersect; to see but one is to see nothing.

The aim of art is almost divine: to bring to life again if it is writing history, to create if it is writing poetry.

The great acts of love are done by those who are habitually performing small acts of kindness.

Wherever the Turkish hoof trods, no grass grows.

Our mind is enriched by what we receive, our heart by what we give.