The past is not dead. Indeed, it is often not even past.

The Institutional Church (ecclesia) has killed only two kinds of people: Those who do not believe in the teachings of Jesus Christ, and those who do.

Education is the transformation of civilisation

Liberty is a luxury of security; the free individual is a product and a mark of civilization.

Man became free when he recognized that he was subject to law.

Drunkenness was in good repute in England till "Bloody Mary" frowned upon it; it remained popular in Germany. The French drank more stably, not being quite so cold.

To say nothing, especially when speaking, is half the art of diplomacy.