He shines in the second rank, who is eclipsed in the first.

What is madness? To have erroneous perceptions and to reason correctly from them.

What is history? The lie that everyone agrees on.

I know many books which have bored their readers, but I know of none which has done real evil.

What will the preachers say? .. to teach men not to persecute men: for, while a few sanctimonious humbugs are burning a few fanatics, the earth opens and swallows up all alike.

It is vain for the coward to flee; death follows close behind; it is only by defying it that the brave escape.

Common sense is both more rare and more desirable in leaders than mere intelligence.