The buried truth germinates and breaks through to the light.

What a man believes may be ascertained, not from his creed, but from the assumptions on which he habitually acts.

Set me anything to do as a task, and it is inconceivable the desire I have to do something else.

That is the whole secret of successful fighting. Get your enemy at a disadvantage; and never, on any account, fight him on equal terms.

The only way to avoid being miserable is not to have enough leisure to wonder whether you are happy or not.

All professions are conspiracies against the laity.

Who are those we love? Only those we do not hate.