“I have never seen an ass who talked like a human being, but I have met many human beings who talked like asses.”

“Where they have burned books, they will end in burning human beings.”

“This was but a prelude; where books are burnt human-beings will be burnt in the end”

“I take pride in never being rude to anyone on this earth, which contains a great number of unbearable villains who set upon you to recount their sufferings and even recite their poems.”

“Luck is a fickle girl who doesn’t like lingering in any one place; she strokes your hair back from your brow, kisses you quickly and flits away. Lady Misfortune, by contrast, presses you tightly to her loving heart; she says she’s not in a hurry, sits down beside your bed and knits.”

“The more i get to know people, the more i like dogs.”

“I have never in my life envied a human being who led an easy life; I have envied a great many people who led difficult lives and led them well.”