Rudeness is better than any argument; it totally eclipses intellect.

Men are a thousand times more intent on becoming rich than on acquiring culture, though it is quite certain that what a man IS contributes more to his happiness than what he HAS.

Solitude will be welcomed or endured or avoided, according as a man's personal value is large or small.

I constantly saw the false and the bad, and finally the absurd and the senseless, standing in universal admiration and honour.

Mensch kann tun was er will; er kann aber nicht wollen was er will. (One can choose what to do, but not what to want.)

The common man is not concerned about the passage of time, the man of talent is driven by it.

Politeness is to human nature what warmth is to wax.