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.

No author is a man of genius to his publisher.

Laughter is wholesome. God is not so dull as some people make out. Did not He make the kitten to chase its tail.

You cannot feed the hungry on statistics.

In the marvelous month of May when all the buds were bursting, then in my heart did love arise. In the marvelous month of May when all the birds were singing, then did I reveal to her my yearning and longing.

Phychical pain is more easily borne than physical; and if I had my choice between a bad conscience and a bad tooth, I should choose the former.

Human misery is too great for men to die without faith.