The art of medicine consists in amusing the patient while nature cures the disease.

The adjective is the enemy of the noun. Variant: The adjective is the enemy of the substantive.

Whatever you do, crush the infamous thing, and love those who love you.

I am the best-natured creature in the world, and yet I have already killed three, and of these three two were priests.

I read these words which are the sum of all moral philosophy, and which cut short all the disputes of the casuists: When in doubt if an action is good or bad, refrain.

Where some states possess an army, the Prussian Army possesses a state.

The human brain is a complex organ with the wonderful power of enabling man to find reasons for continuing to believe whatever it is that he wants to believe.