At all times it has not been the age, but individuals alone, who have worked for knowledge. It was the age which put Socrates to death by poison, the age which burnt Huss. The ages have always remained alike.

No limit, no definition, may restrict the range or depth of the human spirit's passage into its own secrets or the world's.

For the butterfly, mating and propagation involve the sacrifice of life, for the human being, the sacrifice of beauty.

It has been said that figures rule the world. Maybe. But I am sure that figures show us whether it is being ruled well or badly.

If you don't know foreign languages, you don't know anything about your own.

I hate every violent overthrow, because as much is destroyed as is gained by it.

Translators can be considered as busy matchmakers who praise as extremely desirable a half-veiled beauty. They arouse an irresistible yearning for the original.