[About Jews] Among other nations, the vital problems are: a good crop, extension of the boundaries, strong armies, colonies; among us, if we wish to be true to ourselves, the vital questions are: conscience, freedom, culture, ethics.

In the second and third exiles we have served as a living protest against greed and hate, against physical force, against "might makes right"!

We take a drink only for the sake of the benediction.

[About Jews] Sheer egotism compels us to the purest love of mankind as a whole.... Our hearts are like a sponge, receptive to all the newest humanitarian ideas; and our sympathy goes out to all the unfortunate, all the oppressed.

Ugliness is the greatest of all sins.

The worst dog gets the best bone.

If the husband sits on a chair in the Garden of Eden, his wife is his footstool.