I never did anything worth doing by accident nor did any of my inventions...
Cunning... is but the low mimic of wisdom.
Only the dead have seen the end of war.
Then not only an old man but also a drunkard becomes a second time a child.
One man cannot practice many arts with success.
Science is nothing but perception.
He who steals a little steals with the same wish as he who steals much but...
The measure of a man is what he does with power.
There will be no end to the troubles of states or of humanity itself till...
One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end...
Let parents bequeath to their children not riches but the spirit of reverence.
For the introduction of a new kind of music must be shunned as imperiling the...
Philosophy is the highest music.
States are as the men they grow out of human characters.
Whatever deceives men seems to produce a magical enchantment.
Nothing can be more absurd than the practice that prevails in our country of...
When men speak ill of thee live so as nobody may believe them.
Walking is the best possible exercise. Habituate yourself to walk very fast.
