Governments need to have both shepherds and butchers.
Men use thought only to justify their wrong doings, and employ speech only to conceal their thoughts.
It is proved...that things cannot be other than they are, for since everything was made for a purpose, it follows that everything is made for the best purpose.
The more often a stupidity is repeated, the more it gets the appearance of wisdom.
What can we say with certainty?
I know many books which have bored their readers, but I know of none which has done real evil.