It is the certainty that they possess the truth that makes men cruel.

Silence is the wit of fools.

History books that contain no lies are extremely dull.

Word-carpentry is like any other kind of carpentry: you must join your sentences smoothly.

All changes, even the most longed for, have their melancholy; for what we leave behind us is a part of ourselves; we must die to one life before we can enter another.

He flattered himself on being a man without any prejudices; and this pretension itself is a very great prejudice.

Dictionary: The universe in alphabetical order.