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

To light one candle to God and another to the Devil is the principle of wisdom.

When there is nothing to fear is the time to begin fearing everything.

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

The man who gets drunk in peacetime is a coward. The man who gets drunk in wartime goes on being a coward.

A piece of advice always contains an implicit threat, just as a threat always contains an implicit piece of advice.

True solidarity is only possible among the solitary.