We’re really up against it, we poor women: A bachelor’s a hard thing to convert — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Against great advantages in another, there are no means of defending ourselves — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
The fine emotions whence our lives we mold Lie in the earthly tumult dumb and cold. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Profoundness, genius, spontaneity, merit, nobility, ingenuity, voice propriety, feeling, discernment, sensibility, good — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
The eternal feminine doth draw us upward. [Ger., Das Ewig-Weibliche zieht uns hinan.] — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Higher aims are in themselves more valuable, even if unfulfilled, than lower — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe