Sneezes ... always sound much louder to the sneezer than to the hearers. It is an acoustical peculiarity.

Love is the only real patriation, and without one's dear one sits in a dreary and boring exile.

For the last six weeks I have found myself pestered by some characters in search of an author.

And another day is tucked under my wing.

Nine people out of ten (in Germany and England, perhaps ten people) would rather wait for their rights than fight for their rights.

[On an anarchist acquaintance:] Everything in appearance the most alarmist aunt could wish.

Young people are careless of their virginity; one day they may have it and the next not.