“No one ever regarded the First of January with indifference. It is that from which all date their time, and count upon what is left. It is the nativity of our common Adam”

“The only means of strengthening one's intellect is to make up one's mind about nothing , to let the mind be a thoroughfare for all thoughts, not a select party”

“My unconscious knows more about the consciousness of the psychologist than his consciousness knows about my unconscious”

“The more I see of the representatives of the people, the more I admire my dogs”

“Separate from the pleasure of your company, I don't much care if I never see another mountain in my life”

“In everything that relates to science, I am a whole Encyclopaedia behind the rest of the world.”