“Here are two chairs; let us sit down and see the smart people go by.”

“The moment one sits down to think, one becomes all nose, or all forehead, or something horrid”

“Besides, if Hans came here, he might ask me to let him have some flour on credit, and that I could not do. Flour is one thing, and friendship is another, and they should not be confused. Why, the words are spelled differently, and mean quite different things. Everyone can see that.”

“There are only two kinds of people who are really fascinating: people who know absolutely everything, and people who know absolutely nothing.”

“The aim of life is self-development. To realize one's nature perfectly - that is what each of us is here for.”

“I don't see anybody here to-night whom one could possibly call a serious purpose.”

“The terror of society, which is the basis of morals, the terror of God, which is the secret of religion-these are the two things that govern us.”