1 (n.) is, in arithmetic, something whatever in general, and under this does not merely fall the thingly (dingliches), the spatial-temporal (raumlich-zeitliches), but rather, precisely the something whatsoever in general (etwas uberhaupt) be it an idea, be it even a number itself.
1 (n.) is the only one real number. And love, apparently, is the best exponent of this singularity.
1 (n.) is the active principle which, broken into fragments, gives rise to multiplicity.
10 (n.) is like a full tank: satisfying to reach, pointless to exceed.
10 (n.) is round enough that prices stop one short of it.
10 (n.) is how many fingers you have until you take up woodworking.
10 (n.) is a rather simpleminded number, a bland figure who always does what he's told.
11 (n.) is the hour at which deadlines finally become real.
11 (n.) is a dozen after someone has already eaten one.
11 (n.) is is a number that looks one way and behaves in another; with the symmetry of it, and the lack of symmetry; visually even, but functionally not.
11 (n.) has an infernal character since it is in excess of the number of perfection (ten) it therefore stands for incontinence.
12 (n.) is how many strangers it takes to decide what happened to another stranger.
12 (n.) is the number people reach for when ten refuses to divide.
12 (n.) is an upright, conscientious, intelligent number.