There is only one step from the sublime to the ridiculous.
Medicine is a collection of uncertain prescriptions, the results of which, taken collectively, are more fatal than useful to mankind.
Friendship is but a name. I love no one.
If they want peace, nations should avoid the pin-pricks that precede cannon shots.
The greatest danger occurs at the moment of victory
Surely in a matter of this kind we should endeavor to do something, that we may say that we have not lived in vain, that we may leave some impress of ourselves on the sands of time.