Assassination makes only martyrs, not converts.
Chance often gives us that which we should not have presumed to ask.
Philosophy is the rational expression of genius.
Let us savour the swift delights of the most beautiful of our days!
Religions are not proved, are not demonstrated, are not established, are not overthrown by logic! They are of all the mysteries of nature and the human mind, the most mysterious and most inexplicable; they are of instinct and not of reason.
Experience is the only prophecy of wise men.