James Wood, comp. Dictionary of Quotations. 1899.
Rahel
A straight line is the shortest in morals as well as in geometry.
Absolute freedom is inhuman.
Es kann nichts helfen ein grosses Schicksal zu haben, wenn man nicht weiss, dass man eines hat—It is of no avail for a man to have a great destiny if he does not know that he has one.
If you wish to astonish the whole world, tell the simple truth.
Old age comes on suddenly, and not gradually, as is thought.
Pedanterie setzt ganz nothwendig Leere—Pedantry quite necessarily presupposes vacancy.
Reason (Vernunft) is the only true despot.
The whole world is, properly speaking, a tragic embarras.