Every man who has declared that some other man is an ass or a scoundrel, gets angry when the other man conclusively shows that the assertion was erroneous.

Pity aims just as little at the pleasure of others as malice at the pain of others Per-Se.

The apprentice and the master love the master in different ways.

Convictions are more dangerous foes of truth than lies.

There is more wisdom in your body than in your best wisdom. And who then knows why your body needs precisely your best wisdom?

There is no pre-established harmony between the furtherance of truth and the well-being of mankind.

A nation is a detour of nature to arrive at five or six great men- yes, and then to get around them.