“Auch wenn alle einer Meinung sind, können alle unrecht haben.”

“Das Schlimme an dieser Welt ist, dass die Dummen todsicher und die Intelligenten voller Zweifel sind.”

“All the labor of all the ages, all the devotion, all the inspiration, all the noonday brightness of human genius are destined to extinction. So now, my friends, if that is true, and it is true, what is the point?”

“If we were all given by magic the power to read each other's thoughts, I suppose the first effect would be to dissolve all friendships.”

“All movements go too far.”

“Clarity, above all, has been my aim.”

“One of the most powerful of all our passions is the desire to be admired and respected.”