As nations improve, so do their gods.

In the world we live in, one fool makes many fools, but one sage only a few sages.

With a pen in my hand I have successfully stormed bulwarks from which others armed with sword and excommunication have been repulsed.

People who never have any time on their hands are those who do the least.

Many are less fortunate than you' may not be a roof to live under, but it will serve to retire beneath in the event of a shower.

If you are going to build something in the air it is always better to build castles than houses of cards.

To see every day how people get the name 'genius' just as the wood-lice in the cellar the name 'millipede'-not because they have that many feet, but because most people don't want to count to 14-this has had the result that I don't believe anyone any more without checking.