Blood is a very special juice.

What is part of you, you cannot get rid of, even if you were to throw it away.

In society every man is taken for what he gives himself out to be; but he must give himself out to be something. Better to be slightly disagreeable than altogether insignificant.

The one who acts is always without conscience; nobody has a conscience but the contemplative person.

There is no outward sign of true courtesy that does not rest on a deep moral foundation.

Piety is not a goal but a means to attain through the purest peace of mind the highest culture.

I am fully convinced that the soul is indestructible, and its activity will continue through eternity.