Nothing is more witty and grotesque than ancient mythology and Christianity; that is because they are so mystical.

All men are somewhat ridiculous and grotesque, just because they are men; and in this respect artists might well be regarded as man multiplied by two. So it is, was, and shall be.

Nothing truly convincing - which would possess thoroughness, vigor, and skill - has been written against the ancients as yet; especially not against their poetry.

Witty inspirations are the proverbs of the educated.

Since philosophy now criticizes everything it comes across, a critique of philosophy would be nothing less than a just reprisal.

From what the moderns want, we must learn what poetry should become; from what the ancients did, what poetry must be.