What we have to discover for ourselves leaves behind in our mind a pathway that can be used on another occasion.

A man of spirit must not think of the word difficulty as so much as existing. Away with it!

Nowadays beautiful women are counted among the talents of their husbands.

If another Messiah was born he could hardly do so much good as the printing-press.

I made the journey to knowledge like dogs who go for walks with their masters, a hundred times forward and backward over the same territory; and when I arrived I was tired.

The great rule: If the little bit you have is nothing special in itself, at least find a way of saying it that is a little bit special.

To do the opposite of something is also a form of imitation, namely an imitation of its opposite.