The errors of great men are venerable because they are more fruitful than the truths of little men.

I and me are always too deeply in conversation.

Man is the cruelest animal. At tragedies, bullfights, and crucifixions he has so far felt best on earth; and when he invented hell for himself, behold, that was his very heaven.

There's no defense against stupidity.

Religious War has signified the greatest advance of the masses so far, for it proves that the masses have begun to treat concepts with respect.

What do you regard as most humane? To spare someone shame.

Every high degree of power always involves a corresponding degree of freedom from good and evil.