He must be very ignorant for he answers every question he is asked.

I keep to old books, for they teach me something; from the new I learn very little

Now is not the time for making new enemies.

Christianity is the most ridiculous, the most absurd and bloody religion that has ever infected the world.

The little may contrast with the great, in painting, but cannot be said to be contrary to it. Oppositions of colors contrast; but there are also colors contrary to each other, that is, which produce an ill effect because they shock the eye when brought very near it.

Time is man's most precious asset. All men neglect it; all regret the loss of it; nothing can be done without it.

A historian has many duties... the first is not to slander; the second is not to bore