When I am king they shall not have bread and shelter only, but also teachings out of books, for a full belly is little worth where the mind is starved.

I have been complimented many times and they always embarrass me; I always feel that they have not said enough.

The most outrageous lies that can be invented will find believers if a person only tells them with all his might.

If we were meant to talk more than listen, we would have two mouths and one ear.

Have a place for everything and keep the thing somewhere else. This is not advice, it is merely custom.

The only difference between a tax man and a taxidermist is that the taxidermist leaves the skin.

I don't speak German well but several experts have assured me that I write it like an angel. Maybe so, maybe so- I don't know. I've not yet made any acquaintances among the angels. That comes later, whenever it please the Deity. I'm not in any hurry.