When people complain of life, it is almost always because they have asked impossible things of it.

The epic disappeared along with the age of personal heroism; there can be no epic with artillery.

The man who obeys is nearly always better than the man who commands.

The simplest schoolboy is now familiar with truths for which Archimedes would have sacrificed his life.

True Christianity, which will last forever, comes from the gospel words of Christ not from the epistles of Paul. The writings of Paul have been a danger and a hidden rock, the causes of the principal defects of Christian theology.

As a rule, all heroism is due to a lack of reflection, and thus it is necessary to maintain a mass of imbeciles. If they once understand themselves the ruling men will be lost.

The talent of historians lies in their creating a true ensemble out of facts which are but half true.