Happiness, it seems to me, consists of two things: first, in being where you belong, and second -- and best -- in comfortably going through everyday …

- Theodor Fontane

Death accompanies us at every step and enables us to use those moments when life smiles at us to feel more deeply the sweetness of life. The more cer…

- Theodor Fontane

Ah, how lucky are the lieutenants, the six-foot Junkers, and all the rest of the Don Juan clan!... The bookworm, be he ever so decent and clever, is …

- Theodor Fontane

Against a stupidity that is in fashion, no wisdom compensates.

- Theodor Fontane