Only the heart without a stain knows ease.

The mob has nothing to lose, everything to gain.

People always fancy that we must become old to become wise; but, in truth, as years advance, it is hard to keep ourselves as wise as we were.

Mannerism is always longing to have done, and has no true enjoyment in work. A genuine, really great talent, on the other hand, has its greatest happiness in execution.

Ohne Hast, aber ohne Rast. - Without haste, but without rest.

This is the highest wisdom that I own; freedom and life are earned by those alone who conquer them each day anew.

You'll never attain it unless you know the feeling.