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

But a day must come when the fire of youth will be quenched in my veins, when winter will dwell in my heart, when his snow flakes will whiten my locks, and his mists will dim my eyes. Then my friends will lie in their lonely grave, and I alone will remain like a solitary stalk forgotten by the reaper.

Wherever they burn books they will also, in the end, burn human beings.

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

God will forgive me. It's his job." Heine said this on his deathbed (1856). Hilarious. He must have thought that up years before and counted the seconds to use it.

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.

God has given us speech in order that we may say pleasant things to our friends, and tell bitter truths to our enemies.