The composition of a tragedy requires testicles.

Change everything except your loves.

It would be easier to subjugate the entire universe through force than the minds of a single village.

The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us

In all the disputes which have excited Christians against each other, Rome has invariably decided in favor of that opinion which tended most towards the suppression of the human intellect and the annihilation of the reasoning powers.

In general, the art of government consists of taking as much money as possible from one class of citizens to give to another.

I know of nothing more laughable than a doctor who does not die of old age.