Life is but a preparation for what there is to come.

What have the Germans gained by their boasted freedom of the press, except the liberty of abusing each other as they like?

But the valid issue is the extent to which man knows how to form and master the material at his command.

Our foibles are really what make us lovable.

He is happiest, be he king or peasant, who finds peace in his home.

The world is for thousands a freak show; the images flicker past and vanish; the impressions remain flat and unconnected in the soul. Thus they are easily led by the opinions of others, are content to let their impressions be shuffled and rearranged and evaluated differently.

Everything is simpler than one can imagine, and yet complicated and inter-twined beyond comprehension.