The person who writes for fools is always sure of a large audience.

For whence did Dante take the materials for his hell but from this our actual world? And yet he made a very proper hell of it.

Consciousness is the mere surface of our minds, of which, as of the earth, we do not know the inside, but only the crust.

A high degree of intellect tends to make a man unsocial.

Religion is the metaphysics of the masses.

Many books serve merely to show how many ways there are of being wrong, and how far astray you yourself would go if you followed their guidance. You should read only when your own thoughts dry up.

If we suspect that a man is lying, we should pretend to believe him; for then he becomes bold and assured, lies more vigorously, and is unmasked.