"But the youths lay calmly sleeping; And the angel, their protector, Spake before the throne of glory: “I have watched…"

"Es war ein König in Tule Gar treu bis an das Grab, Dem sterbend seine Buhle Einen gold'nen Becher gab."

"What is not in a man cannot come out of him surely."

"Doesn't surprise me that Christ our Lord preferred to live with whores & sinners, seeing I go in for that myself."

"Is it so big a mystery what god and man and world are? No! but nobody knows how to solve it so the mystery hangs on."

"Much there is I can stand. Most things not easy to suffer I bear with quiet resolve, just as a God commands it. Only …"

"I feel I'm happily inspired now on Classical soil: The Past and Present speak louder, more charmingly. Here, as advis…"

"As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live."

"I know a little of navigation: / War, trade, and piracy, allow, / As three in one, no separation."

"One is never satisfied with a portrait of a person that one knows."