When art dresses in worn-out material it is most easily recognized as art.

Sleeping is no mean art: for its sake one must stay awake all day.

Art raises its head where creeds relax.

The bad gains respect through imitation, the good loses it especially in art.

Perhaps I know best why it is man alone who laughs he alone suffers so deeply that he had to invent laughter.

The best weapon against an enemy is another enemy.

He who laughs best today, will also laughs last.

In the last analysis, even the best man is evil: in the last analysis, even the best woman is bad.

The best author will be the one who is ashamed to become a writer.

When one has not had a good father, one must create one.