"Not without a shudder may the human hand reach into the mysterious urn of destiny."

"It is criminal to steal a purse, daring to steal a fortune, a mark of greatness to steal a crown. The blame diminishes as the guilt increases."

"He who considers too much will perform little."

"It is difficult to discriminate the voice of truth from amid the clamor raised by heated partisans."

"Man only plays when in the full meaning of the word he is a man, and he is only completely a man when he plays."

"The greater part of humanity is too much harassed and fatigued by the struggle with want, to rally itself for a new and sterner struggle with error."

"Opposition always inflames the enthusiast, never converts him."

"The universe is one of God's thoughts."

"A gloomy guest fits not a wedding feast."

"That which is so universal as death must be a benefit."

"The jest loses its point when he who makes it is the first to laugh."

"As freely as the firmament embraces the world, or the sun pours forth impartially his beams, so mercy must encircle both friend and foe."

"In the society, where people are just parts in a larger machine, individuals are unable to develop fully."

"Art is the daughter of freedom."

"To save all we must risk all."

"It is easy to give advice from a port of safety."

"There is no such thing as chance; and what seem to us merest accident springs from the deepest source of destiny."

"No doubt the artist is the child of his time; but woe to him if he is also its disciple, or even its favorite."

"Grace is the beauty of form under the influence of freedom."

"All things must; man is the only creature that wills."

"A merely fallen enemy may rise again, but the reconciled one is truly vanquished."

"To gain a crown by fighting is great, to reject it divine."

"The world is ruled only by consideration of advantages."

"Every true genius is bound to be naive."

"Lose not yourself in a far off time, seize the moment that is thine."

"Disappointments are to the soul what a thunderstorm is to the air."

"Full of wisdom are the ordinations of fate."

"It does not prove a thing to be right because the majority say it is so."

"Power is the most persuasive rhetoric."

"A noble heart will always capitulate to reason."

"He who has done his best for his own time has lived for all times."

"The will of man is his happiness."

"Appearance rules the world."

"Posterity weaves no garlands for imitators."

"Nothing leads to good that is not natural."

"Knowledge, the object of knowledge and the knower are the three factors which motivate action; the senses, the work and the doer comprise the threefold basis of action."

"With stupidity the gods themselves struggle in vain."

"The rich become richer and the poor become poorer is a cry heard throughout the whole civilized world."

"Of all the possessions of this life fame is the noblest; when the body has sunk into the dust the great name still lives."

"Happy he who learns to bear what he cannot change."

"Worthless is the nation that does not gladly stake its all on its honor."

"No emperor has the power to dictate to the heart."

"Dare to err and to dream. Deep meaning often lies in childish plays."

"I am better than my reputation."

"The history of the world is the world's court of justice."

"Honesty prospers in every condition of life."

"Who dares nothing, need hope for nothing."

"Against stupidity the very gods themselves contend in vain."

"Will it, and set to work briskly."

"Aesthetic matters are fundamental for the harmonious development of both society and the individual."