Recently my fingers have developed a prejudice against comparatives. They all follow this pattern: a squirrel is smaller than a tree; a bird is more musical than a tree. Each of us is the strongest one in his or her own skin. Characteristics should take off their hats to one another, instead of spitting in each other's faces.

One must live well to know what living is.

Erst kommt das Fressen, dann kommt die Moral.

Poverty makes you sad as well as wise.

Who fights may lose, but who does not fight has lost already.

...it is simplicity that is difficult to make.

The aim of science is not to open the door to infinite wisdom, but to set a limit to infinite error.