The first principle of child-rearing is to choose a good mother.

In "Scholastikerprobleme" he discussed how many angels could sit on a needle. His travels though they failed to restore him to health allowed him to meet many of the foremost literary and philosophical figures of his time in central Europe. Morgenstern's poetry much of which was inspired by English literary nonsense is immensely popular even though he enjoyed very little success during his lifetime.