Silence is the essential condition of happiness..

Reform Judaism is like mock turtle soup-turtle soup without the turtle.

I care little in the existence of a heaven or hell; self respect does not allow me to guide my acts with an eye toward heavenly salvation or hellish ….

I do not murmur, even if my heart break..

The foolish race of mankind are swarming below in the night; they shriek and rage and quarrel - and all of them are right..

I am no longer a divine biped. I am no longer the freest German after Goethe, as Ruge named me in healthier days. I am no longer the great hero No. 2….

The sun's sweet ray is hovering discovered..

And over the pond are sailing Two swans all white as snow; Sweet voices mysteriously wailing Pierce through me as onward they go. They sail along, an….

You should only attempt to borrow from those who have but few of this world's goods, as their chests are not of iron, and they are, besides, anxious ….

The night comes stealing o'er me, And clouds are on the sea; While the wavelets rustle before me With a mystical melody..

It must require an inordinate share of vanity and presumption, too, after enjoying so much that is good and beautiful on earth, to ask the Lord for i….

Where words cease, there music begins..

Literary history is the great morgue where all seek the dead ones whom they love, or to whom they are related..

Like a great poet, Nature produces the greatest results with the simplest means. These are simply a sun, trees, flowers, water and love..

Poverty sits by the cradle of all our great men and rocks all of them to manhood..

In action, the English have the advantage enjoyed by free men always entitled to free discussion: of having a ready judgment on every question. We Ge….

At Dresden on the Elbe, that handsome city, Where straw hats, verses, and cigars are made, They've built (it well may make us feel afraid,) A music c….

Mine is a most peaceable disposition. My wishes are: a humble cottage with a thatched roof, but a good bed, good food, the freshest milk and butter, ….

Twelve Dancings are dancing, and taking no rest, And closely their hands together are press'd; And soon as a dance has come to a close, Another begin….

Terrible as is war, it yet displays the spiritual grandeur of man daring to defy his mightiest hereditary enemy--death..

Whatever tears one may shed, in the end one always blows one's nose..