In politics, yesterday's lie is attacked only to flatter today's.

There are moments when very little truth would be enough to shape opinion. One might be hated at extremely low cost.

What scientist would not long to go on living, if only to see how the little truths he has brought to light will grow up?

To love an idea is to love it a little more than one should.

We give others praise which we ourselves don't believe, as long as they respond with praise we can believe.

Greatness, in order to gain recognition, must all too often consent to ape greatness.

Falsity cannot keep an idea from being beautiful; there are certain errors of such ingenuity that one could regret their not ranking among the achievements of the human mind.