The threat of a neglected cold is for doctors what the threat of purgatory is for priests-a gold mine.
Nicolas ChamfortMost benefactors are like unskillful generals who take the city and leave the citadel intact.
Nicolas ChamfortIn order to forgive reason for the evil it has wrought on the majority of men, we must imagine for ourselves what man would be without his reason. 'Tis a necessary evil.
Nicolas Chamfort