What I possess, seems far away to me, and what is gone becomes reality.
I hate all bungling as I do sin, but particularly bungling in politics, which leads to the misery and ruin of many thousands and millions of people.
The greater the knowledge, the greater the doubt.
When you lose interest in anything, you also lose the memory for it.
In all times it is only individuals that have advanced science, not the age.
Humor is one of the elements of genius--admirable as an adjunct; but as soon as it becomes dominant, only a surrogate for genius.