“We all have wings, but they have not been of any avail to us and if we could tear them off, we would do so.”

“A man must pay the fiddler, in my case it so happened that a whole symphony orchestra often had to be subsidized”

“Great things are done when men and mountains meet”

“The thankful receiver bears a plentiful harvest.”

“The spirit becomes free only when it ceases to be a support.”

“Philosophy is life's dry-nurse, who can take care of us -- but not suckle us”