The military and the clergy cause us much annoyance; the clergy and the military, they empty our wallets and rob our intelligence.

Woman is the crown of all creation, but Man is the head who wears it, and even the servant is master in his house.

Do old people always live in the past? What yesterday was firm and true, may not be so today.

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

Finally and long overdue, your people, oppressed and disgraced by hatred and maliciousness, have achieved justice: now you enjoy full citizen's rights, but you'll remain Jews nonetheless.

Human life, old and young, takes place between hope and remembrance. The young man sees all the gates to his desires open, and the old man remembers--his hopes.

Dilettantes appreciate the work, professors the master at the same time.