We can redeem anyone who strives unceasingly.

When one is polite in German, one lies.

The world runs on from one folly to another; and the man who, solely from regard to the opinion of others, and without any wish or necessity of his own, toils after gold, honour, or any other phantom, is no better than a fool.

Collectors are happy people.

Just as, out of habit, one consults a run-down clock as though it were still going, so too one may look at the face of a beautiful woman as though he still loved her.

By nature we have no defect that could not become a strength, no strength that could not become a defect.

Go to foreign countries and you will get to know the good things one possesses at home.