Worry is the stomach's worst poison.

Justice is to be found only in the imagination.

It is my express wish that in awarding the [Nobel Prizes] no consideration be given to the nationality of the candidates, but that the most worthy shall receive the prize, whether he be Scandinavian or not.

Hope is nature's veil for hiding truth's nakedness.

For me writing biographies is impossible, unless they are brief and concise, and these are, I feel, the most eloquent.

My dynamite will sooner lead to peace than a thousand world conventions. As soon as men will find that in one instant, whole armies can be utterly destroyed, they surely will abide by golden peace.

Lying is the greatest of all sins.