Men who have seen life and death... as an unbroken continuum, the swinging pendulum, have been able to move as freely into death as they walked through life. Socrates went to the grave almost perplexed by his companions' tears.

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

What can we say with certainty?

There is an astonishing imagination, even in the science of mathematics.

Errors flies from mouth to mouth, from pen to pen, and to destroy it takes ages.

Give me a few minutes to talk away my face and I can seduce the Queen of France.

An admiral should be put to death now and then to encourage the others.