One must credit an hypothesis with all that has had to be discovered in order to demolish it.

To be adult is to be alone.

Certain brief sentences are peerless in their ability to give one the feeling that nothing remains to be said.

We find it easy to believe that praise is sincere: why should anyone lie in telling us the truth?

We must watch over our modesty in the presence of those who cannot understand its grounds.

Being right is less important to us than the freedom to be wrong.

Kill one man, and you are a murderer. Kill millions of men, and you are a conqueror. Kill them all, and you are a god.