If I had to choose a religion, the sun as the universal giver of life would be my god.
Music is what tells us that the human race is greater than we realize.
Forethought we may have, undoubtedly, but not foresight.
When is life an evil? When it offers a man nothing but suffering and pain.
Imagination rules the world.
A legislator must know how to take advantage of even the defects of those he wants to govern.
It requires more courage to suffer than to die.
I have come to realize that men are not born to be free.
Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.