We are franker towards others than towards ourselves.

A man should not play the coward to his deeds. He should not repudiate them once he has performed them. Pangs of conscience are indecent.

Thou seekest disciples? Then thou seekest ciphers.

Against war it may be said that it makes the victor stupid and the vanquished revengeful.

To the mediocre, mediocrity is a form of happiness.

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.

Woman was God's second mistake.