Every nation criticizes every other one - and they are all correct.

Apart from man, no being wonders at its own experience.

If we suspect that a man is lying, we should pretend to believe him; for then he becomes bold and assured, lies more vigorously, and is unmasked.

I am often surprised by the cleverness, and now and again by the stupidity, of my dog; and I have similar experiences with mankind.

To buy books would be a good thing if we could also buy the time to read them; but the purchase of books is often mistaken for the assimilation and mastering of their contents.

The difficulty is to try and teach the multitude that something can be true and untrue at the same time.

Music is the answer to the mystery of life. The most profound of all the arts, It expresses the deepest thoughts of life.