"Although the most acute judges of the witches, & even the witches themselves, were convinced of the guilt of witchery, the guilt nevertheless was nonexistent. It is thus with all guilt."

"Without music, life would be a mistake."

"He who makes no secret of himself, enrages."

"He who fights too long against dragons becomes a dragon himself; and if you gaze too long into the abyss, the abyss will gaze into you."

"The surest way to corrupt a youth is to instruct him to hold in higher esteem those who think alike than those who think differently."

"I mistrust all systemizers and avoid them. The will to a system is a lack of integrity."

"It isn't necessary to have relatives in Kansas City in order to be unhappy."

"Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing had happened."

"Criticism is the disapproval of people, not for having faults, but having faults different from your own."

"Happiness lies, first of all, in health."

"You must learn to face the fact, always, that you choose to do what you do, and that everything you do affects not only you but others."

"An actor is at most a poet and at least an entertainer."