The most dangerous untruths are truths slightly distorted.

It is a great shame; most of our words are misused tools / which often still smell of the mud in which previous owners / desecrated them.

It is said that truth comes from the mouths of fools and children: I wish every good mind which feels an inclination for satire would reflect that the finest satirist always has something of both in him.

I would give something to know for whose sake precisely those deeds were really done which report says were done for the fatherland.

One's first step in wisdom is to question everything - and one's last is to come to terms with everything.

We accumulate our opinions at an age when our understanding is at its weakest.

Reason now gazes above the realm of the dark but warm feelings as the Alpine peaks do above the clouds. They behold the sun more clearly and distinctly, but they are cold and unfruitful.