Madness is the result not of uncertainty but certainty.

He who denies himself much in great matters will readily indulge himself in small things.

Narrow souls I cannot abide; There's almost no good or evil inside

Mothers easily become jealous of their sons' friends when they are particularly successful. As a rule a mother loves herself in her son more than she does the son himself.

Fall down seven times, stand up eight. - Chinese proverbWithout music, life would be a mistake.

It is only those who know how to feel that "this is not good" who devise improvements.

Error has made animals into men; is truth in a position to make men into animals again?