If you wish to obtain a great name or to found an establishment, be completely mad; but be sure that your madness corresponds with the turn and temper of your age.

Whosoever does not know how to recognize the faults of great men is incapable of estimating their perfections.

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.

Most of my life has been one tragedy after another, most of which hasn't happened.

History contains little beyond a list of people who have accommodate themselves with other people's property.

History is filled with the sound of silken slippers going downstairs and wooden shoes coming up.

It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets.