Martyrdom is the only way a man can become famous without ability.
The doctor sees all the weakness of mankind; the lawyer all the wickedness, the theologian all the stupidity.
Men are the devils of the earth, and the animals are its tormented souls.
Any foolish boy can stamp on a beetle, but all the professors in the world cannot make a beetle.
That which knows all things and is known by none is the subject.
It takes place, by and large, with the same sort of necessity as a tree brings forth fruit, and demands of the world no more than a soil on which the individual can flourish.