No conquest can ever become permanent which does not show itself beneficial to the conquered as well as to the conquerors.

It is now almost my sole rule of life to clear myself of cants and formulas, as of poisonous Nessus shirts.

The archenemy is the arch stupid!

Show me the man you honor, and I will know what kind of man you are.

The secret of business is to know something that nobody else knows. The greatest of faults, I should say is to be conscious of none.

The authentic insight and experience of any human soul, were it but insight and experience in hewing of wood and drawing of water, is real knowledge, a real possession and acquirement.

May blessings be upon the head of Cadmus, the Phoenicians, or whoever it was that invented books.