Irony is the form of paradox. Paradox is what is good and great at the same time.

Irony is a clear consciousness of an eternal agility, of the infinitely abundant chaos.

Aphorisms are the true form of the universal philosophy.

An artist is he for whom the goal and center of life is to form his mind.

Duty is for Kant the One and All. Out of the duty of gratitude, he claims, one has to defend and esteem the ancients; and only out of duty has he become a great man.

What is lost in the good or excellent translation is precisely the best.