It is always a sign of an unproductive time when it concerns itself with petty and technical aspects [in philology], and likewiseit is a sign of an unproductive person to pursue such trifles.

Beware of her fair hair, for she excels All women in the magic of her locks; And when she winds them round a young man's neck, She will not ever set him free again.

Doubt grows with knowledge.

War is in truth a disease in which the juices that serve health and maintenance are used for the sole purpose of nourishing something foreign, something at odds with nature.

Those who make use of devotion as a means and end generally are hypocrites.

Age merely shows what children we remain.

The people who are absent are the ideal; those who are present seem to be quite commonplace.