Artillery adds dignity, to what would otherwise be an ugly brawl.

To your care and recommendation am I indebted for having replaced a half-blind mathematician with a mathematician with both eyes, which will especially please the anatomical members of my Academy.

All religions must be tolerated ... every man must go to heaven in his own way. [Die Religionen müssen alle toleriert werden ... denn hier muss ein jeder nach seiner Fasson selig werden.]

A German singer! I should as soon expect to get pleasure from the neighing of my horse.

It is the fashion these days to make war, and presumably it will last a while yet.

Be more than you seem to be.

I am up and about when I am ill, and in the most appalling weather. I am on horseback when other men would be flat out on their beds, complaining. We are made for action, and activity is the sovereign remedy for all physical ills.