Stupidity is without anxiety.
Let him who believes in immortality enjoy his happiness in silence; he has no reason to give himself airs about it.
He who is and remains true to himself and to others has the most attractive quality of the greatest talent.
In society every man is taken for what he gives himself out to be; but he must give himself out to be something. Better to be slightly disagreeable than altogether insignificant.
Man supposes that he directs his life and governs his actions, when his existence is irretrievably under the control of destiny
What one doesn't understand one doesn't possess.
Generosity wins favour for everyone, especially when it is accompanied by modesty.
Doubt can only be removed by action.
There is nothing in which people more betray their character than in what they laugh at.
There are people who pay attention to the weaknesses of their friends; that is to no avail. I have always closely watched and profited from the strengths of my adversaries.
Common sense is the genius of humanity.
Of all peoples the Greeks have dreamt the dream of life best.
A talent is formed in stillness, a character in the world's torrent.
Be generous with kindly words, especially about those who are absent.
He who is plenteously provided for from within needs but little from without.
As long as you are not aware of the continual law of Die and Be Again, you are merely a vague guest on a dark Earth.
The greatest joy of a thinking man is to have searched the explored and to quietly revere the unexplored.
We must be young to do great things.
They should be ashamed of themselves, all these sober people!
The destiny of any nation at any given time depends on the opinion of its young people, those under twenty-five.
Sin writes histories, goodness is silent. [Ger., Das Uebel macht eine Geschichte und das Gute keine.]
The one who always strives, That one can be redeemed.
Higher aims are in themselves more valuable, even if unfulfilled, than lower ones quite attained.
Writing history is a method of getting rid of the past.
Is it life, I ask, is it even prudence, To bore thyself and bore the students?
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