The following collection of Goethe's sentiments and opinions has been extracted from his published correspondence with Schiller, Zelter, Stolberg, Reinhard, the Frau von Stein, Oeser, Reich, Rochlitz, Woltman, Mayer, Riemer, and Schuckman; and from his volumes of conversations published by Eckerman, Riemer, and Luden.