The world is full of contradiction.

To measure up to all that is demanded of him, a man must overestimate his capacities

Mozart is a human incarnation of the divine force of creation.

On top of the world, or in the depths of despair.

Nature reacts not only to physical disease, but also to moral weakness; when the danger increases; she gives us greater courage

Wer fremde Sprachen nicht kennt, weiss nichts von seiner eigenen.He who is ignorant of foreign languages, knows not his own.

The world cannot do without great men, but great men are very troublesome to the world.