“If something goes without saying, let it.”

“The German national character is a favorite subject of character experts, probably because the less mature a nation, the more she is an object of criticism and not of history.”

“This above all: to thine own self be true.”

“There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.”

“Don't find fault, find a remedy.”

“There is no friendship, no love, like that of the parent for the child.”