The church alone beyond all question Has for ill-gotten goods the right digestion.

He who has a task to perform must know how to take sides, or he is quite unworthy of it.

The history of knowledge is a great fugue in which the voices of the nations one after the other emerge.

Many people take no care of their money till they come nearly to the end of it, and others do just the same with their time.

Keep not standing fixed and rooted. Briskly venture, briskly roam.

Sweet moonlight, shining full and clear, Why do you light my torture here? How often have you seen me toil, Burning last drops of midnight oil. On books and papers as I read, My friend, your mournful light you shed. If only I could flee this den And walk the mountain-tops again, Through moonlit meadows make my way, In mountain caves with spirits play - Released from learning's musty cell, Your healing dew would make me well!

Every man bears something within him that, if it were publicly announced, would excite feelings of aversion.