With stupidity the gods themselves struggle in vain.

Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain.

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

Truth exists for the wise, beauty for the feeling heart.

Keep true to the dreams of thy youth.

Sorrow is brief but joy is endless.

Every true genius is bound to be naive.

No greater grief than to remember days of gladness when sorrow is at hand.

Peace is rarely denied to the peaceful.

Against stupidity the gods themselves struggle in vain. (Mit der Dummheit kaempfen Goetter selbst vergebens).

It is not flesh and blood, but heart which makes us fathers and sons.

The iron chain and the silken cord are both equally bonds.

Random words, heard by chance, turn to hard facts in the eyes of a man of imagination, if there's any fire burning in his heart.

Great souls suffer in silence.