All wanting comes from need, therefore from lack, therefore from suffering.
Compassion is the basis of morality.
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.
Reading is a mere makeshift for original thinking.
Every nation criticizes every other one - and they are all correct.
He who writes carelessly confesses thereby at the very outset that he does not attach much importance to his own thoughts.