You ardently strive for freedom, and I do wish you were free--but, rather than for your sake, so that government won't be.

I've never been on good terms with God, but now I'm becoming His intimate, for He is truly absolute and extremely legitimate.

Uneducated people are unfortunate in that they do grasp complex issues, educated people, on the other hand, often do not understand simplicity, which is a far greater misfortune.

German diligence is actually endurance.

North and West have always vied for power and territory, but their recent competition as to which one is more insidious of the twohas been more peaceful.

Feeling and thinking are actually the blind man who carries the lame.

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