The great snare of thought is uncritical acceptance of irrational assumptions.

History offers some consolation by reminding us that sin has flourished in every age.

A cat has a reputation to protect. If it had a halo, it would be worn cocked to one side.

Contentment is rare among men as it is natural among animals

Truth always originates in a minority of one, and every custom begins as a broken precedent.

Peace is an unstable equilibrium, which can be preserved only by acknowledged supremacy or equal power.

Civilization is not inherited; it has to be learned and earned by each generation anew; if the transmission should be interrupted for one century, civilization would die, and we should be savages again.