A witty saying proves nothing.

As long as people believe in absurdities they will continue to commit atrocities.

Behind every successful man stands a surprised mother-in-law.

What most persons consider as virtue, after the age of 40 is simply a loss of energy.

Better is the enemy of good.

Appreciation is a wonderful thing: It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well.

Anyone who seeks to destroy the passions instead of controlling them is trying to play the angel.

Anyone who has the power to make you believe absurdities has the power to make you commit injustices.

An ideal form of government is democracy tempered with assassination.

All the reasonings of men are not worth one sentiment of women.

All murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets.

All men are born with a nose and ten fingers, but no one was born with a knowledge of God.

It is lamentable, that to be a good patriot one must become the enemy of the rest of mankind.

Judge a man by his questions rather than his answers.

It is vain for the coward to flee; death follows close behind; it is only by defying it that the brave escape.