We seldom speak of what we have but often of what we lack.

A good supply of resignation is of the first importance in providing for the journey of life.

Night gives a black look to everything, whatever it may be.

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.)

There is a wide difference between the original thinker and the merely learned man.

Truth is no harlot who throws her arms round the neck of him who does not desire her; on the contrary, she is so coy a beauty that even the man who sacrifices everything to her can still not be certain of her favors.

A man can be himself only so long as he is alone; and if he does not love solitude, he will not love freedom; for it is only when he is alone that he is really free.