Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain.

Against stupidity the very gods fight in vain.

Anyone taken as an individual, is tolerably sensible and reasonable- as a member of a crowd, he at once becomes a blockhead.

Dare to be wrong and to dream.

It does not prove a thing to be right because the majority say it is so.

It is criminal to steal a purse, daring to steal a fortune, a mark of greatness to steal a crown. The blame diminishes as the guilt increases.

Keep true to the dreams of thy youth.

Man only plays when in the full meaning of the word he is a man, and he is only completely a man when he plays.

Opposition inflames the enthusiast, never converts him.

The world's history is constant, like the laws of nature, and simple, like the souls of men. The same conditions continually produce the same results.