Calumniators are those who have neither good hearts nor good understandings. We ought not to think ill of any one till we have palpable proof; and even then we should not expose them to others.

Let there be no inscription upon my tomb; let no man write my epitaph: no man can write my epitaph.

I have much to say why my reputation should be rescued from the load of false accusation and calumny which has been heaped upon it.

Let no man write my epitaph. When my country takes her place among the nations of the earth, then, and not till then, let my epitaph be written.

In order to grow, I promise you'll have to let go of some habits. 10 times out of 10, they'll be the habits you're most in love with.

My Bible is my dockingstation.

Creativity is the key to success in the future, and primary education is where teachers can bring creativity in children at that level.

Pure Christianity, instead of being shaped by its environment, actually stands in sharp opposition to it.

The good particular men may do separately, in relieving the sick, is small, compared with what they may do collectively.

In all literary history there is no such figure as Dante, no such homogeneousness of life and works, such loyalty to ideas, such sublime irrecognition of the unessential.

Perhaps creating something is nothing but an act of profound remembrance.

Better to fail spectacularly than do something mediocre.

Mr. Mum's Rudesheimer And the church of St. Geryon Are the two things alone That deserve to be known In the body-and-soul-stinking town of Cologne.

No known human group... simply throw out its dead without any ritual or ceremony. In stark contrast, no animal practices burial of dead individuals of its own species.