Hardly a man in the world has an opinion upon morals, political, or religion which he got otherwise than through his associations and sympathies.

Manifestly, dying is nothing to a really great and brave man.

Let us consider that we are all insane. It will explain us to each other. It will unriddle many riddles

The ordinary chestnut can beget a sickly and reluctant laugh, but it takes a horse chestnut to fetch the gorgeous big horse-laugh.

...the circumstances and the atmosphere always have so much to do in directing a conversation, especially a German conversation, which is only a kind of an insurrection, anyway.

It is noble to teach oneself; it is still nobler to teach others.

It ain't those parts of the Bible that I can't understand that bother me, it is the parts that I do understand.