“One gets on better in life if one is not over modest.”

“No one can keep out of conflict, the entire world is at war, and even though the allies are doing better, the end is nowhere in sight.”

“I've learned one thing: you can only really get to know a person after a row. Only then can you judge their true character!”

“Anyhow, I've learned one thing now. You only really get to know people when you've had a jolly good row with them. Then and then only can you judge their true characters!”

“Leave me alone, let me have at least one night when I don't cry myself to sleep with eyes burning and my head pounding. Let me get away, away from everything, away from this world!”

“What one Christian does is his own responsibility, what one Jew does is thrown back at all Jews.”

“A quiet conscience makes one strong!”