Loyalty in a free society depends upon the toleration of disloyalty.

News is only the first rough draft of history.

Criticism and dissent are the indispensable antidote to major delusions.

Thought that is silenced is always rebellious.

Let us make an endeavour to live life in such a way that it becomes an example in itself which others can follow

[Alexander von] Humboldt showers us with true treasures.

I think we consider too much the luck of the early bird and not enough the bad luck of the early worm.

Perhaps I am doomed to retrace my steps under the illusion that I am exploring, doomed to try and learn what I should simply recognize, learning a mere fraction of what I have forgotten.

Neither a Fortress nor a Maidenhead will hold out long after they begin to parley.

I hate not knowing what to believe anymore. I hate not knowing what's real.

Work like you don't need the money.

You may be sure, dear Crito, that inaccurate language is not only in itself a mistake: it implants evil in men's souls.

It is requisite to defend those who are unjustly accused of having acted injuriously, but to praise those who excel in a certain good.

I obtained a job at the Library of Congress. I loved books, so I felt at home. I was going to end up, I thought, majoring in English and teach at the college level.