A merely fallen enemy may rise again, but the reconciled one is truly vanquished.
All things must; man is the only creature that wills.
It is easy to give advice from a port of safety.
Not without a shudder may the human hand reach into the mysterious urn of destiny.
Opposition always inflames the enthusiast, never converts him.
In the society, where people are just parts in a larger machine, individuals are unable to develop fully.
Be noble minded! Our own heart, and not other men’s opinions of us, forms our true honor.
To gain a crown by fighting is great, to reject it divine.
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 rich become richer and the poor become poorer is a cry heard throughout the whole civilized world.
A gloomy guest fits not a wedding feast.
Aesthetic matters are fundamental for the harmonious development of both society and the individual.
Posterity weaves no garlands for imitators.
The jest loses its point when he who makes it is the first to laugh.
Man is created free, and is free, even though born in chains.
The great happiness of life, I find, after all, to consist in the regular discharge of some mechanical duty.
Let no one despair, even though in the darkest night the last star of hope may disappear.
We, we live! ours are the hours, and the living have their claims.
Life did not present its sunny side to thee.
Youth covets; let not this covetousness seduce you.