Liberal institutions straightway cease being liberal the moment they are soundly established: Once this is attained, no more grievous and more thorough enemies of freedom exist than liberal institutions.

Whoever has character also has his typical experience, which returns over and over again.

The higher we soar the smaller we appear to those who cannot fly.

The end of a melody is not its goal; but nonetheless, if the melody had not reached its end it would not have reached its goal either. A parable.

People who have given us their complete confidence believe that they have a right to ours. The inference is false, a gift confers no rights.

Everyone needs a sense of shame, but no one needs to feel ashamed.

Horrible experiences lead us to wonder whether the person who experiences them might not be something horrible.