Friedrich Schiller

Lose not yourself in a far off time, seize the moment that is thine.

To gain a crown by fighting is great, to reject it divine.

Art is the right hand of Nature. The latter has only given us being, the former has made us men.

No doubt the artist is the child of his time; but woe to him if he is also its disciple, or even its favorite.

A merely fallen enemy may rise again, but the reconciled one is truly vanquished.

All things must; man is the only creature that wills.

Man only plays when in the full meaning of the word he is a man, and he is only completely a man when he plays.

The greater part of humanity is too much harassed and fatigued by the struggle with want, to rally itself for a new and sterner struggle with error.

No emperor has the power to dictate to the heart.

Freedom can occur only through education.

As freely as the firmament embraces the world, or the sun pours forth impartially his beams, so mercy must encircle both friend and foe.

Of all the possessions of this life fame is the noblest; when the body has sunk into the dust the great name still lives.

It is criminal to steal a purse, daring to steal a fortune, a mark of greatness to steal a crown. The blame diminishes as the guilt increases.

The will of man is his happiness.

Who dares nothing, need hope for nothing.

Revenge is barren of itself: it is the dreadful food it feeds on; its delight is murder, and its end is despair.

There is room in the smallest cottage for a happy loving pair.

Utility is the great idol of the age, to which all powers must do service and all talents swear allegiance.

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

Will it, and set to work briskly.

Aesthetic matters are fundamental for the harmonious development of both society and the individual.

They would need to be already wise, in order to love wisdom.