In order to succeed in a profession, a person not only needs to have its good, but also its bad qualities. The former are the spirit, the latter is the body of the job.

You can make the best of it and be content, or you can complain, it makes no difference. What does it matter that human beings judge the things that exist?

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

Only by himself, with one acre and a house, will a dunce be a dunce. Once he manages to gain power, he'll turn into a scoundrel.

The Germans believe that, no matter where, they can get by on knowledge alone. Art, however, requires skill.

It is fair to despise a cowardly man, but the female sex is strongest when it's weak.

In certain countries, people seem to be think that three asses together make one intelligent person. However, that is completely wrong. Several asses in concreto make the ass in abstracto and that is a most terrifying animal.