"Silence is worse; all truths that are kept silent become poisonous."

"In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule."

"The best way to spend the day is to run it in such a way that you don't even need to remember it."

"How little it takes to make us happy! The sound of a bagpipe. Without music life would be a mistake. The German even imagines God as singing songs."

"The two great narcotics of Europe, alcohol and Christianity."