Ein Schauspiel.

To say at once what I feel so vividly.
You feel it better, feel it deeply, and

The glow of the moment does not blind you.
Wit does not deceive you, and flattery
Clings in vain and artfully to your ear.
Your mind remains firm and your taste correct.
Your judgment is straight, and your interest in
The great, which you recognize as you do yourself, is always immense.

Princess.

You should not lend the guise of intimate friendship
To this highest form of flattery.

Leonore.

Friendship is just; it alone can recognize
The full extent of your worth.
And let me give to circumstance, to luck,
Its share in your cultivation.
You possess it, and are what you are in the end,
And the world honors you and your sister
Above all the great women of your time.