I curse all negative purism that tells me not to use a word from another language that either expresses something that my own language cannot or does that in a more delicate manner.

I hate every violent overthrow, because as much is destroyed as is gained by it.

A king there was once reigning, Who had a goodly flea, Him loved he without feigning, As his own son were he!

The flowers are full of honey, but only the bee finds out the sweetness.

Several classical sayings that one likes to repeat had quite a different meaning from the ones later times attributed to them.

Man's restlessness makes him strive.

We're only really thinking when we can't think out fully what we are really thinking about!