In action, the English have the advantage enjoyed by free men always entitled to free discussion: of having a ready judgment on every question. We Germans, on the other hand, are always thinking. We think so much that we never form a judgment.

Sleep is lovely, death is better still, not to have been born is of course the miracle.

True eloquence consists in saying all that is necessary, and nothing but what is necessary.

If you wish to strive for peace of soul and pleasure, then believe.

Whatever tears one may shed, in the end one always blows one's nose.

The more i get to know people, the more i like dogs.

Christ rode on an ass, but now asses ride on Christ.