A German immersed in any civilization different from his own loses a weight equivalent in volume to the amount of intelligence he displaces.

We say of an animal that it is intelligent, and we say the same thing of a woman; but in neither case is it usually appropriate, clearly for very different reasons.

Tradition simply means that we need to end what began well and continue what is worth continuing

Better than succeeding little by little is failing at one go.

You can hesitate before deciding, but not once the decision is made.

Man is a question; woman is an answer. The mistake women make today is to offer themselves as answers before being questioned.

A reformer knows neither how to do nor to undo.