“I am afraid, Torvald, I do not exactly know what religion is. ... When I am away from all this, and am alone, I will look into that matter too. I will see if what the clergyman said is true, or at all events if it is true for me.”

“The strongest man in the world is he who stands most alone.”

“Home life ceases to be free and beautiful as soon as it is founded on borrowing and debt.”

“Marriage! Nothing else demands so much of a man.”

“People who don't know how to keep themselves healthy ought to have the decency to get themselves buried, and not waste time about it.”

“The spirit of truth and the spirit of freedom - these are the pillars of society.”

“Never wear your best trousers when you go out to fight for freedom and truth.”

“The worst enemy of truth and freedom in our society is the compact majority.”

“The pillars of truth and the pillars of freedom - they are the pillars of society.”

“These heroes of finance are like beads on a string; when one slips off, all the rest follow.”

“The spectacles of experience through them you will see clearly a second time. ”