Thought Expands, But Paralyzes; Action

The Greatest Piece Of Folly Is That Every Man Thinks Himself Compelled To Hand Down What People Think They Have Known.

Science And Art Belong To The Whole World, And Before Them Vanish The Barriers Of Nationality.

I Hate All Explanations; They Who Make Them Deceive Either Themselves Or The Other Party,-generally Both.

Ill-humor Is Nothing More Than An Inward Feeling Of Our Own Want Of Merit, A Dissatisfaction With Ourselves Which Is Always United With An Envy That Foolish Vanity Excites.

The Art Of Governing Is A Great Metier, Requiring The Whole Man, And It Is Therefore Not Well For A Ruler To Have Too Strong Tendencies For Other Affairs.