There is nothing in which people more betray their character than in what they laugh at.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheIf the whole world I once could see On free soil stand, with the people free Then to the moment might I say, Linger awhile. . .so fair thou art.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheDon't dissipate your powers; strive to concentrate them. Genius thinks it can do whatever it sees others doing, but it will surely repent of every ill-judged outlay.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheThe most happy man is he who knows how to bring into relation the end and beginning of his life.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe