There speaks the man of truly noble ways, Who will not listen to the words of praise. In modesty averse, and with deaf ears, He acts as though the others were his peers.

If we examine every stage of our lives, we find that from our first breath to our last we are under the constraint of circumstances. And yet we still possess the greatest of all freedoms, the power of developing our innermost selves in harmony with the moral order of the universe, and so winning peace of heart whatever obstacles we meet.

In politics people throw themselves, as on a sickbed, from one side to the other in the belief they will lie more comfortably.

Higher aims are in themselves more valuable, even if unfulfilled, than lower ones quite attained.

When one is polite in German, one lies.

Where there are no women there are no good manners

Let him who believes in immortality enjoy his happiness in silence; he has no reason to give himself airs about it.