Yet he who grasps the moment’s gift, He is the proper man.
To make a young couple love each other, it is only necessary to oppose and separate them.
With little art, clear wit and sense Suggest their own delivery.
Yet through delivery orators succeed, I feel that I am far behind indeed.
For what one has in black and white, One can carry home in comfort.
What dazzles, for the moment spends its spirit; Whats genuine, shall posterity inherit.
Power is neither male nor female.
Too rigid scruples are concealed pride.
He who does not stretch himself according to the coverlet finds his feet uncovered.
He who serves the public is a poor animal; he worries himself to death and no one thanks him for it.
I wish the crowd to feel itself well treated, Especially since it lives and lets me live.
When two men quarrel, who owns the cooler head is the more to blame.
Reality surpasses imagination; and we see, breathing, brightening, and moving before our eyes sights dearer to our hearts than any we ever beheld in the land of sleep.
I hate every violent overthrow, because as much is destroyed as is gained by it.
Lord Byron is only great as a poet; as soon as he reflects he is a child.
I consider him of no account who esteems himself just as the popular breath may chance to raise him.
For a strolling damsel a doubtful reputation bears.
A resolution that is communicated is no longer within thy power; thy attentions become now the plaything of chance; he who would have his commands certainly carried out must take man by surprise.
Whoever gives himself up to solitude, Ah! he is soon alone.
I am the Spirit that denies.