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

Reason looks at necessity as the basis of the world; reason is able to turn chance in your favor and use it. Only by having reasonremain strong and unshakable can we be called a god of the earth.

An actor should take lessons from a painter and a sculptor.

Alas, I have studied philosophy, the law as well as medicine, and to my sorrow, theology; studied them well with ardent zeal, yet here I am, a wretched fool, no wiser than I was before.

Man believes himself always greater than he is, and is esteemed less than he is worth.

No one would talk much in society if they knew how often they misunderstood others.

Letters are among the most significant memorial a person can leave behind them.