Whoever wishes to keep a secret must hide the fact that he possesses one.

A man's name is not like a mantle which merely hangs about him...but a perfectly fitting garment, which, like the skin, has grown over him, at which one cannot rake and scrape without injuring the man himself.

How can one learn to know oneself? Never by introspection, rather by action.

Taste is only to be educated by contemplation, not of the tolerably good but of the truly excellent.

Out of moderation a pure happiness springs.

Hatred is active, and envy passive dislike; there is but one step from envy to hate.

Why should we not recognize in the lightning, the thunder, and the storm wind, the approach of an overwhelming Power, and in the scent of flowers and the gently rustling zephyr the presence of a Being full of love?