Happy the man who early learns the wide chasm that lies between his wishes and his powers.

Rejoice that you have still have a long time to live, before the thought comes to you that there is nothing more in the world to see.

The people rate strength before everything.

Oh God, how do the world and heavens confine themselves, when our hearts tremble in their own barriers!

How circumscribed is woman's destiny!

Wer fremde Sprachen nicht kennt, weiss nichts von seiner eigenen.He who is ignorant of foreign languages, knows not his own.

One cannot always be a hero, but one can always be a man.