“When I was at home with papa, he told me his opinion about everything, and so I had the same opinions; and if I differed from him I concealed the fact, because he would not have liked it. He called me his doll-child, and he played with me just as I used to play with my dolls.”

“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. ”