It is always the enemy who started it, even if he was not the first to speak out, he was certainly planning it; and if he was not actually planning it, he was thinking of it; and, if he was not thinking of it, he would have thought of it.

Adults find pleasure in deceiving a child. They consider it necessary, but they also enjoy it. The children very quickly figure it out and then practice deception themselves.

A person often falls very ill in order to become someone else and then returns to health much disappointed.

One should use praise to recognize what one is not.

When you write down your life, every page should contain something no one has ever heard about

It is always the enemy who started it, even if he was not the first to speak out, he was certainly planning it; and if he was not actually planning it, he was thinking of it; and, if he was not thinking of it, he would have thought of it.

Rulers who want to unleash war know very well that they must procure or invent a first victim.