“Every true genius is bound to be naive.”

“Be noble minded! Our own heart, and not other men's opinions of us, forms our true honor.”

“Dem Mimen flicht die Nachwelt keine Kränze.”

“But how is the artist to protect himself against the corruption of the age which besets him on all sides?”

“Man, one may say, was never in such a completely animal condition; but he has, on the other hand, never escaped from it.”

“Did you think the lion was sleeping because he didn't roar?”

“Wenn es immer nach deinem Kopf ginge, du kröchest dein Leben lang im Staub." - "Immer noch besser, als ich kröch um den Thron herum.”