False opinions are like false money, struck first of all by guilty men and thereafter circulated by honest people who perpetuate the crime without knowing what they are doing.
In a democracy people get the leaders they deserve.
To know how to wait. It is the great secret of success.
A child is an angel dependent on man
There is no philosophy without the art of ignoring objections.
I don't know what a scoundrel is like, but I know what a respectable man is like, and it's enough to make one's flesh creep.