All special charters of freedom must be abrogated where the universal law of freedom is to flourish.

Silence is the essential condition of happiness.

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

If the Romans had been obliged to learn Latin, they would never have found time to conquer the world.

Every age thinks its battle the most important of all.

I consider it a degradation and a stain on my honor to submit to baptism in order to qualify myself for state employment in Prussia.

It must require an inordinate share of vanity and presumption, too, after enjoying so much that is good and beautiful on earth, to ask the Lord for immortality in addition to it all.