If one has one cow, it is always better not to be too familiar with those who have seven.

it is the possibilities which are the most terrible things in life.

... most people are dead, and none of them seem to mind it. One hears a great many complaints about life, doesn't one? And there are people I know who would certainly grumble -- however dead they were -- if there were anything to grumble at.

... not being liked has a certain virtue about it, if the reason for the dislike does not lie in yourself!

This is the real tragedy of mankind, that until now the spirit of man has not been able to free itself, even along the path of its own development, from the tentacles of self-deception.

That a Jew is despised or persecuted is bad for him, of course-but far worse for the Christian who does it-for although persecuted he can remain a good Jew-whereas no Christian who persecutes can possibly remain-if he ever was one-a good Christian.

If one has one cow, it is always better not to be too familiar with those who have seven.