All sects seem to me to be right in what they assert, and wrong in what they deny.

Beware of her fair hair, for she excels All women in the magic of her locks; And when she winds them round a young man's neck, She will not ever set him free again.

What a man does not understand, he does not possess.

A talent is formed in stillness, a character in the world's torrent.

Without my attempts in natural science, I should never have learned to know mankind such as it is. In nothing else can we so closely approach pure contemplation and thought, so closely observe the errors of the senses and of the understanding, the weak and strong points of character.

Great necessity elevates man, petty necessity casts him down

The mob has nothing to lose, everything to gain.