Alfred Nobel

Contentment is the only real wealth. ”

Hope is nature's veil for hiding truth's nakedness. ”

The first time I saw nitroglycerine was in the beginning of the Crimean War. Professor Zinin in St. Petersburg exhibited some to my father and me, and struck some on an anvil to show that only the part touched by the hammer exploded without spreading. ”

Second to agriculture, humbug is the biggest industry of our age. ”

Home is where I work, and I work everywhere. ”