We are unknown to ourselves, we men of knowledge - and with good reason. We have never sought ourselves - how could it happen that we should ever find ourselves? It has rightly been said: "Where your treasure is, there will your heart be also"; our treasure is where the beehives of our knowledge are.

Necessity is an interpretation, not a fact.

One does not kill by anger but by laughter.

Give me today, for once, the worst throw of your dice, destiny. Today I transmute everything into gold.

Those with very loud voices in their throats are nearly incapable of thinking subtle thoughts.

For nothing is more democratic than logic; it is no respecter of persons and makes no distinction between crooked and straight noses.

By losing your goal, You have lost your way.