Most religions do not make men better, only warier.

Someone who always has to lie discovers that every one of his lies is true

It is only in a crowd that man can become free of this fear of being touched. That is the only situation in which the fear changes into its opposite… The reversal of fear of being touched belongs to the nature of crowds. The feeling of relief is most striking where the density of the crowd is greatest

People's fates are simplified by their names.

A head full of stars, just not in constellation yet.

History portrays everything as if it could not have come otherwise. History is on the side of what happened.

One should use praise to recognize what one is not.