Dreadful experiences raise the question whether he who experiences them, is not something dreadful also.

To one who is accustomed to thinking a lot, every new thought that he hears or reads about immediately appears as a link in a chain.

If a man wishes to rid himself of a feeling of unbearable oppression, he may have to take hashish.

We are doubly willing to jump into the water after some one who has fallen in, if there are people present who have not the courage to do so.

This tremendous event is still on its way, still wandering; it has not yet reached the ears of men. Lightning and thunder require time; the light on the stars requires time; deeds though done, still require time to be seen and heard. This deed is still more distant from them than the most distant stars - and yet they have done it themselves.

Beggars should be entirely abolished! Truly, it is annoying to give to them and annoying not to give to them.

The greatest giver of alms is cowardice.