“It has seemed to be more necessary to have regard to the weight of words rather than to their number.”

“Old age is by nature rather talkative.”

“Old age especially an honoured old age has so great authority that this is of more value than all the pleasures of youth.”

“When you are aspiring to the highest place it is honorable to reach the second or even the third rank.”

“Borrowing from Peter to pay Paul.”

“If you aspire to the highest place it is no disgrace to stop at the second or even the third place.”

“Should we not be concerned as to whether this fear of error is not just the error itself?”

“An error does not become truth by reason of multiplied propagation, nor does the truth become error because nobody will see it. 1924-1926)”

“The scientific spirit is of more value than its products, and irrationally held truths may be more harmful than reasoned errors.”