The first indication of a young person's growing smarter is that he no longer understands the things which he used to consider quite intelligible and self-evident.

The ideas of an age are most abundant where they are not crowded by original ideas.

Let the will embrace the highest ideals freely and with infinite strength, but let action first take hold of what lies closest.

Disregard for the consequences and for right and wrong nowadays passes as energy.

Isn't it awful that cold feet make for a cold imagination and that a pair of woollen socks induce good thoughts!

Progress will always have as its recourse to exaggerate what it cannot surpass.

Drink and be thankful to the host! What seems insignificant when you have it, is important when you need it.