The mob has nothing to lose, everything to gain.

Science and art belong to the whole world, and before them vanish the barriers of nationality.

Certain flaws are necessary for the whole. It would seem strange if old friends lacked certain quirks.

Freedom consists not in refusing to recognize anything above us, but in respecting something which is above us; for by respecting it, we raise ourselves to it, and, by our very acknowledgment, prove that we bear within ourselves what is higher, and are worthy to be on a level with it.

Oral delivery aims at persuasion and making the listener believe they are converted. Few persons are capable of being convinced the majority allow themselves to be persuaded.

If you live criticizing people, you won't have time to love them.

It is the strange fate of man, that even in the greatest of evils the fear of the worst continues to haunt him.