Ludwig Tieck

“ Instead of being happy merely to exist, if only in an imaginary world, he wishes to disabbuse the other man of his fantastic hopes and treat him as a dreamer, even though he, at least in his rôle as a peasant, is not contradicting the laws of our everyday world! ”

“ The powers of the mind only grow in secrecy and unobserved; it is always a sign that you have made the least progress whenever you feel the inclination to crane your neck around as much as possible to see how far you have come. ”

“ Just a few more days. Good fortune must be given some time to grow; who would expect to become happy all of a sudden? My good man, that sort of thing only happens in books; in the real world things do not move so quickly. ”