People who never have any time on their hands are those who do the least.

Theologians always try to turn the Bible into a book without common sense.

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.

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.

To be content with life or to live merrily, rather all that is required is that we bestow on all things only a fleeting, superficial glance; the more thoughtful we become the more earnest we grow.

It is almost impossible to carry the torch of truth through a crowd without singeing somebody's beard.