Why does man not see things? He is himself standing in the way: he conceals things.

One can lie with the mouth, but with the accompanying grimace one nevertheless tells the truth.

The most fatal seductive lie that has yet existed

A refined soul is distressed to know that someone owes it thanks; a crude soul, to know that it owes someone thanks.

In almost all sciences the fundamental knowledge is either found in earliest times or is still being sought.

Along the journey we commonly forget its goal. Almost every vocation is chosen and entered upon as a means to a purpose but is ultimately continued as a final purpose in itself. Forgetting our objectives is the most frequent stupidity in which we indulge ourselves.

The best weapon against an enemy is another enemy.