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.
Lying is the greatest of all sins.
It is not sufficient to be worthy of respect in order to be respected.
Contentment is the only real wealth.
A recluse without books and ink is already in life a dead man.
The savants will write excellent volumes. There will be laureates. But wars will continue just the same until the forces of the circumstances render them impossible.