The people who are absent are the ideal; those who are present seem to be quite commonplace.
Be generous with kindly words, especially about those who are absent.
Error is acceptable as long as we are young; but one must not drag it along into old age.
If children grew up according to early indications, we should have nothing but geniuses.
We know accurately only when we know little, with knowledge doubt increases.
All the knowledge I possess everyone else can acquire, but my heart is all my own.
Thinking is easy, acting is difficult, and to put one's thoughts into action is the most difficult thing in the world.
Hatred is active, and envy passive dislike; there is but one step from envy to hate.
Fresh activity is the only means of overcoming adversity.
There is nothing so terrible as activity without insight.
The man with insight enough to admit his limitations comes nearest to perfection.
The credit of advancing science has always been due to individuals and never to the age.
Who is the most sensible person? The one who finds what is to their own advantage in all that happens to them.
A correct answer is like an affectionate kiss.
Age merely shows what children we remain.
Music is either sacred or secular. The sacred agrees with its dignity, and here has its greatest effect on life, an effect that remains the same through all ages and epochs. Secular music should be cheerful throughout.
There is a courtesy of the heart; it is allied to love. From its springs the purest courtesy in the outward behavior.
The intelligent man finds almost everything ridiculous, the sensible man hardly anything.
This is the highest wisdom that I own; freedom and life are earned by those alone who conquer them each day anew.
Ignorant men raise questions that wise men answered a thousand years ago.
