Men need some kind of external activity, because they are inactive within.
Opinion is like a pendulum and obeys the same law.
Martyrdom is the only way a man can become famous without ability.
Reason deserves to be called a prophet; for in showing us the consequence and effect of our actions in the present, does it not tell us what the future will be?
Hope is the confusion of the desire for a thing with its probability.
The wise have always said the same things, and fools, who are the majority have always done just the opposite.