Every one being allowed to learn to read, ruineth in the long run not only writing but also thinking.

All in all, punishment hardens and renders people more insensible; it concentrates; it increases the feeling of estrangement; it strengthens the power of resistance.

Fanatics are picturesque, mankind would rather see gestures than listen to reasons.

A bad conscience is easier to cope with than a bad reputation.

All that philosophers have handled for millennia has been conceptual mummies; nothing actual has ever escaped from their hands alive.

Through searching out origins, one becomes a crab. The historian looks backwards, and finally he also believes backwards.

Only where there are graves are there resurrections.