The German national character is a favorite subject of character experts, probably because the less mature a nation, the more she is an object of criticism and not of history.

Irony is a clear consciousness of an eternal agility, of the infinitely abundant chaos.

Versatility of education can be found in our best poetry, but the depth of mankind should be found in the philosopher.

Aphorisms are the true form of the universal philosophy.

Nothing truly convincing - which would possess thoroughness, vigor, and skill - has been written against the ancients as yet; especially not against their poetry.

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

Novels are the Socratic dialogues of our time. Practical wisdom fled from school wisdom into this liberal form.

Wit as an instrument of revenge is as infamous as art is as a means of sensual titillation.

The main thing is to know something and to say it.

When reason and unreason come into contact, an electrical shock occurs. This is called polemics.

A priest is he who lives solely in the realm of the invisible, for whom all that is visible has only the truth of an allegory.

What is rank if not protection from the consequences which fall upon common men?

Vanity remains a feeble weaponThe delusional wearer of it considers herself strong

I guess you were not my friend then, that's okay. I can see my true self, I can see yours, now. I guess that you did not look hard enough at mine. Or you would never have let me go.

The world we have made is a result of the level of thinking we have done thus far.

You can't appreciate the good times without the bad ones.

My parents never condescended to me. As a child, I always sat at the head of our dinner table. I was always given a lot of responsibility.

Now we can see a new world coming into view, a world where there is a very real prospect of a New World Order.

Why do Jewish divorces cost so much? They're worth it.

The really important people in TV are not the directors; they're the writers.

It's not what you tell your players that counts. It's what they hear.