But in this country it is necessary, now and then, to put one admiral to death in order to inspire the others to fight.
Men will always be mad, and those who think they can cure them are the maddest of all.
History should be written as philosophy.
It is with books as with men: a very small number play a great part.
Constant happiness is the philosopher's stone of the soul.
Nothing would be more tiresome than eating and drinking if God had not made them a pleasure as well as a necessity.