There is a courtesy of the heart; it is allied to love. From its springs the purest courtesy in the outward behavior.

Every author in some way portrays himself in his works, even if it be against his will.

Many people take no care of their money till they come nearly to the end of it, and others do just the same with their time.

Each one of us must carry within the proof of immortality, it cannot be given from outside of us. To be sure, everything in natureis change but behind the change there is something eternal.

Humans fear reason, but they ought to fear stupidity- for reason can be hard, but stupidity can be fatal.

If you miss the first buttonhole, you will not succeed in buttoning up your coat.

I have often reaped what others have sowed. My work is the work of a collective being that bears the name Goethe.