The German mind, may it live! Almost invisible as a mind, it finally manifests itself assertively as a conviction.

I look around me and nowhere do I see a stamp of disapproval with which nature marked a woman's candid brow.

Genius unrefined resembles a flash of lightning, but wisdom is like the sun.

The uneducated person perceives only the individual phenomenon, the partly educated person the rule, and the educated person the exception.

History is the zoology of the human race.

I love the pride whose measure is its own eminence and not the insignificance of someone else.

The character of the crowds is made up of mimicry and hostility.

Drink and be thankful to the host! What seems insignificant when you have it, is important when you need it.

Someone who is reluctant to say what he needs to say, often ends up doing so with an insolence whose crassness is proportionate tohis fear, once he gathers the necessary courage.

Piety is the fermentation of the forming mind and the putrefaction of the disintegrating one.

A woman's passion is not the measure of a man's love.

Be gentle, kind and loving to yourself.

Life is too short not to smile. Smile as much as you can.

I do not ask the wounded person how he feels, I myself become the wounded person.

I am in no way supportive of hunting for trophies or sport - would never do it and don't like it that others do. But if you kill it, then eat it, it's fine.

...evoking memories, particularly of days gone by.

A body in movement is its philosophy.

I've always been able to stay focused on trying to recruit good players and trying to develop those players.

I'd become a cult figure to a certain extent because of my movies, but unfortunately it was because of how bad they were!

At first, then, exhibit the coyness of a maiden, until the enemy gives you an opening; afterwards emulate the rapidity of a running hare, and it will be too late for the enemy to oppose you.

The good of a book lies in its being read.