Fresh activity is the only means of overcoming adversity.

When a wife has a good husband, it is easily seen on her face.

A resolution that is communicated is no longer within thy power; thy attentions become now the plaything of chance; he who would have his commands certainly carried out must take man by surprise.

If we could do away with death, we wouldn't object; to do away with capital punishment will be more difficult. Were that to happen, we would reinstate it from time to time.

To the world you might be one person, but to one person, you might be the world. Kindness is the golden chain by which our world is bound together.

To make an epoch in the world, two conditions are manifestly essential-a good head and a great inheritance.

Die Mathematiker sind eine Art Franzosen. Spricht man zu ihnen, so übersetzen sie alles in ihre eigene Sprache, und so wird es alsobald etwas ganz anderes. Mathematicians are a kind of Frenchmen. Whenever you say anything or talk to them, they translate it into their own language, and right away it is something completely different.