Whoever undertakes to set himself up as a judge of Truth and Knowledge is shipwrecked by the laughter of the gods.

When a person cannot deceive himself the chances are against his being able to deceive other people.

Vote: the instrument and symbol of a freeman's power to make a fool of himself and a wreck of his country.

Man is the only animal that loves his neighbor as himself and cuts his throat if his theology isn't straight.

Man is an animal who more than any other can adapt himself to all climates and circumstances.

It is intoxicating joy for the sufferer to look away from his suffering and to forget himself.

How can a man become great if he does not feel in himself the force and the will to inflict great pain.