Friedrich Schiller

"Nature grants to every people the right and the duty of self-preservation."

"The die of human destinies is cast in childhood."

"Dare to know! That is the motto of enlightenment."

"Happy is the man who learns from the misfortunes of others."

"The most profound truths are simplest things and the simplest things are the most profound."

"A noble heart would never bind itself to anything that might do harm."

"Eternal peace is only the peace of the grave."

"Through the ashes of despair, hope still glimmers."

"The light of friendship never goes out, no matter how distant we travel."

"Great souls endure in silence."

"Life gives nothing to the world that hasn't been purchased with work."

"Man is born free, yet everywhere he is in chains."

"The greatest wealth is health and a tranquil mind."

"To be noble is to have noble thoughts and to act upon them."

"The unexamined life is not worth living."

"Grief is the price we pay for love."

"Only the daring deserve the fair."

"In every human being there lives a spark of divine light."

"Time cannot be redeemed; once spent, it is eternally gone."

"The human will bends itself to the powers that be."

"Truth is often less impressive than imagination."

"The wise find their way through silence; the foolish through noise."

"We cannot choose our external circumstances, but we can always choose our responses."

"Money is the sinews of all action and all advancement."

"In solitude we find ourselves; in crowds we lose ourselves."

"The purpose of every good law is to make men better."

"Contentment is the philosopher's stone that turns all to gold."

"The noblest victory is when one conquers oneself."

"Only through hardship can human greatness be achieved."

"Fear is the most primal of all emotions and the most paralyzing."