Nothing is so atrocious as fancy without taste.

When translating one must proceed up to the intranslatable; only then one becomes aware of the foreign nation and the foreign tongue.

Nature has neither kernel Nor shell

It has been said that figures rule the world. Maybe. But I am sure that figures show us whether it is being ruled well or badly.

He only fears men who does not know them, and he who avoids them will soon misjudge them.

It is said, that no one is a hero to their butler. The reason is, that it requires a hero to recognize a hero. The butler, however, will probably know well how to estimate his equals.

One is led astray alike by sympathy and coldness, by praise and by blame