I have made as much out of myself as could be made of the stuff, and no man should require more.
It is easy to flatter; it is harder to praise.
The German language is the organ among the languages.
Has it never occurred to us, when surrounded by sorrows, that they may be sent to us only for our instruction, as we darken the eyes of birds when we wish them to sing?
As a man grows older it is harder and harder to frighten him.
Variety of mere nothings gives more pleasure than uniformity of something.