"Life is given to us for good deeds."

"One should not despise public opinion. It is a powerful force."

"My wife is a coquette, and I am a jealous fool."

"I've lived to bury my desires, And see my dreams corrode with rust; Now all that's left are fruitless fires That burn my empty heart to dust."

"Play interests me very much," said Hermann: "but I am not in the position to sacrifice the necessary in the hope of winning the superfluous."