Artistic honesty sometimes prevents an artist from being born.

When smashing monuments, save the pedestals - they always come in handy.

Where a harsh law rules, people yearn for lawlessness.

Witches admitted their relations with the devil. Our blood boils - how could they be forced to admit this when there is no devil. But reason tells us this is not true. The devil does exist and was in fact the inquisitor.

When reasons are weak, attitudes stiffen.

One has to multiply thoughts to the point where there aren't enough policemen to control them

If a man who cannot count finds a four-leaf clover, is he entitled to happiness?