I am a forest, and a night of dark trees: but he who is not afraid of my darkness, will find banks full of roses under my cypresses.

How much disgruntled heaviness, lameness, dampness, how much beer is there in the German intelligence.

There is no pre-established harmony between the furtherance of truth and the well-being of mankind.

Children from humble families must be taught how to command just as other children must be taught how to obey.

I despise mystics, they fancy themselves so deep, when they aren't even superficial.

He who is usually self-sufficient becomes exceptionally vain and keenly alive to fame and praise when he is physically ill. The more he loses himself the more he has to endeavor to regain his position by means of the opinion of others.

The best friend will probably acquire the best wife, because a good marriage is founded on the talent for friendship.