A book is a mirror; if an ass peers into it, you can not expect an apostle to peer out.

First there is a time when we believe everything, then for a little while we believe with discrimination, then we believe nothing whatever, and then we believe everything again ...

He who is in love with himself has at least this advantage - he won't encounter many rivals.

I cannot say whether things will get better if we change; what I can say is they must change if they are to get better.

Judge men not by their opinions, but by what their opinions have made of them.

Perhaps in time the so-called Dark Ages will be thought of as including our own.

The human tendency to regard little things as important has produced very many great things.

The proof that man is the noblest of all creatures is that no other creature has ever denied it.

The worst thing you can possibly do is worrying and thinking about what you could have done.

There are people who think that everything one does with a serious face is sensible.