Life is bristling with thorns, and I know no other remedy than to cultivate one's garden.

History is filled with the sound of silken slippers going downstairs and wooden shoes coming up.

God prefers bad verses recited with a pure heart to the finest verses chanted by the wicked.

If it's too silly to be said, it can always be sung.

Fools have a habit of believing that everything written by a famous author is admirable. For my part I read only to please myself and like only what suits my taste.

The Holy Roman Empire is neither Holy, nor Roman, nor an Empire.

Liberty of thought is the life of the soul.