Every real object must cease to be what it seemed, and none could ever be what the whole soul desired.

Wealth, religion, military victory have more rhetorical than efficacious worth.

Trust the man who hesitates in his speech and is quick and steady in action, but beware of long arguments and long beards.

We crave support in vanity, as we do in religion, and never forgive contradictions in that sphere.

A child educated only at school is an uneducated child.

A dream is always simmering below the conventional surface of speech and reflection.

The line between what is known scientifically and what has to be assumed in order to support knowledge is impossible to draw. Memory itself is an internal rumour.