There is nothing in the world more shameful than establishing one's self on lies and fables.

Mastery passes often for egotism.

Just begin and the mind grows heated; continue, and the task will be completed!

We who didn't inherit political power nor are made to acquire riches like nothing better than that which expands and solidifies the power of the spirit.

I have, alas! Philosophy, Medicine, Jurisprudence too, And to my cost Theology, With ardent labor, studied through. And here I stand, with all my lore, Poor fool, no wiser than before.

You will find the most pronounced hatred of other nations on the lowest cultural levels. There is, though, a level where the hatred disappears completely and where one so to speak stands above the nations and where one experiences fortune or misfortune of a neighboring country as if they had happened to one's own.

Look closely at those who patronize you. Half are unfeeling, half untaught.