It is continued temperance which sustains the body for the longest period of time, and which most surely preserves it free from sickness.
Wilhelm von HumboldtTo judge a man means nothing more than to ask: What content does he give to the form of humanity? What concept should we have of humanity if he were its only representative?
Wilhelm von HumboldtNo matter how good or great a man may be, there is yet a better and a greater man within him.
Wilhelm von HumboldtThe very variety arising from the union of numbers of individuals is the highest good which social life can confer, and this variety is undoubtedly lost in proportion to the degree of State interference.
Wilhelm von Humboldt