It is not our criminal actions that require courage to confess, but those which are ridiculous and foolish.

I have suffered too much in this world not to hope for another.

Peter had a genius for imitation; but he lacked true genius, which is creative and makes all from nothing.

Supreme happiness consists in self-content; that we may gain this self-content, we are placed upon this earth and endowed with freedom.

All kinds of frankness and honesty are terrible crimes in the eyes of society.

Socrates dies with honor, surrounded by his disciples listening to the most tender words -the easiest death that one could wish to die. Jesus dies in pain, dishonor, mockery, the object of universal cursing - the most horrible death that one could fear. At the receipt of the cup of poison, Socrates blesses him who could not give it to him without tears; Jesus, while suffering the sharpest pains, prays for His most bitter enemies. If Socrates lived and died like a philosopher, Jesus lived and died like a god.

Universal silence is taken to imply the consent of the people.