Now is not the time for making new enemies.
The history of human opinion is scarcely anything more than the history of human errors.
What most persons consider as virtue, after the age of 40 is simply a loss of energy.
It is with books as with men: a very small number play a great part.
History is but the record of crimes and misfortunes. L'histoire n'est que le tableau des crimes et des malheurs
The way to be a bore is to say everything.