Everyone holds his fortune in his own hands, like a sculptor the raw material he will fashion into a figure. But it's the same with that type of artistic activity as with all others: We are merely born with the capability to do it. The Skill to mold the material into what we want must be learned and attentively cultivated.

We usually lose today, because there has been a yesterday, and tomorrow is coming.

Let him who believes in immortality enjoy his happiness in silence; he has no reason to give himself airs about it.

Napoleon for the sake of a good name broke in pieces half the world.

The soul of the Christian religion is reverence.

Hatred is something peculiar. You will always find it strongest and most violent where there is the lowest degree of culture.

Sceptics are yet the most credulous.