I like better for one to say some foolish thing upon important matters than to be silent. That becomes the subject of discussion and dispute, and the truth is discovered.
Fanaticism is just one step away from barbarism.
Only the bad man is alone.
If you want me to believe in God, you must make me touch him.
What a fine comedy this world would be if one did not play a part in it.
The world is the house of the strong. I shall not know until the end what I have lost or won in this place, in this vast gambling den where I have spent more than sixty years, dice box in hand, shaking the dice.