Fanaticism must be put to sleep before it can be eradicated.
Men are more easily governed through their vices than through their virtues.
I do not amuse myself by thinking of dead people.
In our time no one has the conception of what is great. It is up to me to show them.
A man cannot become an atheist merely by wishing it.
From triumph to downfall is but a step. I have seen a trifle decide the most important issues in the gravest affairs.