We take a fancy to something: and scarcely have we thoroughly taken a fancy to it when that tyrant in us calls out: "Give me thatin sacrifice"--and we give it.

What really raises one's indignation against suffering is not suffering intrinsically, but the senselessness of suffering

Whoever feels predestined to see and not to believe will find all believers too noisy and pushy: he guards against them.

Although the most acute judges of the witches and even the witches themselves, were convinced of the guilt of witchery, the guilt nevertheless was non-existent. It is thus with all guilt.

In large states public education will always be mediocre, for the same reason that in large kitchens the cooking is usually bad.

When we talk in company we lose our unique tone of voice, and this leads us to make statements which in no way correspond to our real thoughts.

One does not kill by anger but by laughter.