Words express neither objects nor ourselves.

First let a man teach himself, and then he will be taught by others.

Ill-humor is nothing more than an inward feeling of our own want of merit, a dissatisfaction with ourselves which is always united with an envy that foolish vanity excites.

We see only what we know.

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.

Take care of your body with steadfast fidelity.

If you live criticizing people, you won't have time to love them.