We say that someone occupies an official position, whereas it is the official position that occupies him.

The course of the seasons is a piece of clockwork, with a cuckoo to call when it is spring.

Man loves company - even if it is only that of a small burning candle.

He who says he hates every kind of flattery, and says it in earnest, certainly does not yet know every kind of flattery.

To do just the opposite is also a form of imitation.

Man can acquire accomplishments or he can become an animal, whichever he wants. God makes the animals, man makes himself.

I have remarked very clearly that I am often of one opinion when I am lying down and of another when I am standing up.