Our ambition should be to rule ourselves, the true kingdom for each one of us; and true progress is to know more, and be more, and to do more.

The British cook, for her iniquities, is a foolish woman who should be turned into a pillar of salt which she never knows how to use.

Im Krieg machen die Starken die Schwachen zu Sklaven, im Frieden machen die Reichen die Armen zu Sklaven.

I walk the world in wonder.

More women grow old nowadays through the faithfulness of their admirers than through anything else.

An idea that isn't risky is hardly worth calling an idea.

Some things are too important to be taken seriously.