If there were only turnips and potatoes in the world, someone would complain that plants grow the wrong way.

The wisdom of providence is as much revealed in the rarity of genius, as in the circumstance that not everyone is deaf or blind.

He who is in love with himself has at least this advantage - he won't encounter many rivals.

One of our forefathers must have read a forbidden book.

I would give something to know for whose sake precisely those deeds were really done which report says were done for the fatherland.

First there is a time when we believe everything, then for a little while we believe with discrimination, then we believe nothing whatever, and then we believe everything again - and, moreover, give reasons why we believe.

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.