Piety is the fermentation of the forming mind and the putrefaction of the disintegrating one.

Is it true that one travels in order to know mankind? It is easier to get to know other people at home, but abroad one gets to know oneself.

Mankind is getting smarter every day. Actually, it only seems so. At least we are making progress. We're progressing, to be sure, ever more deeply into the forest.

Swear words and profanities are mere abbreviations of speech, similar to the abbreviations in writing.

How can you say that love is blind? Keener than a young eagle's is its sight.

Those who want to row on the ocean of human knowledge do not get far, and the storm drives those out of their course who set sail.

Piety is the fermentation of the forming mind and the putrefaction of the disintegrating one.