A really great talent finds its happiness in execution.

A man's foibles are what makes him lovable.

We love a girl for very different qualities than understanding. We love her for her beauty, her youth, her mirth, her confidingness, her character, with its faults, caprices and God knows what other inexpressible charms; but we do not love her understanding.

What reason would grope for in vain, spontaneous impulse ofttimes achieves at a stroke, with light and pleasureful guidance.

We know accurately only when we know little, with knowledge doubt increases.

Master and Doctor are my titles; for ten years now, without repose, I held my erudite recitals and led my pupils by the nose.

There is nothing insignificant in the world. It all depends on how one looks at it.