The greatest evil that can befall man is that he should come to think ill of himself.

Thank God when He lays a burden on thee, and thank Him when He takes it off.

He alone deserves liberty and life who daily must win them anew.

Religion is not in want of art; it rests on its own majesty.

In politics as on a sickbed men toss from side to side in hope of lying more comfortably.

The light is there, and colors surround us. However, if there were no light nor colors in our own eye, we wouldn't perceive such things outside of us.

The force of a language does not consist of rejecting what is foreign but of swallowing it.