I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than to those attending too small a degree of it.

Freedom is nothing else but a chance to be better.

To build may have to be the slow and laborious task of years. To destroy can be the thoughtless act of a single day.

Against stupidity the gods themselves struggle in vain.<br> (Mit der Dummheit kaempfen Goetter selbst vergebens)

You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.

Battles are won by iron hearts in wooden ships.

He loved humankind dearly and with all his heart, but he disliked most human beings.

A photograph is a secret about a secret. The more it tells you the less you know.

Art is a lie that tells the truth.

The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time, and still retain the ability to function.