Beware of the words "internal security," for they are the eternal cry of the oppressor.

Men use thought only to justify their wrong doings, and employ speech only to conceal their thoughts.

The only way to comprehend what mathematicians mean by Infinity is to contemplate the extent of human stupidity.

One should always aim at being interesting, rather than exact.

He was my equal in beauty, a paragon of grace and charm, sparkling with wit, and burning with love. I adored him to distraction, to the point of idolatry: I loved him as one can never love twice.

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

Superstition is to religion what astrology is to astronomy the mad daughter of a wise mother. These daughters have too long dominated the earth.