Literature: proclaiming in front of everyone what one is careful to conceal from one's immediate circle

Truth is always served by great minds, even if they fight it.

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

One kills a man, one is an assassin; one kills millions, one is a conqueror; one kills everybody, one is a god.

We are not naïve enough to ask for pure men; we ask merely for men whose impurity does not conflict with the obligations of their job.

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

It is sometimes important for science to know how to forget the things she is surest of.