Truth titillates the imagination far less than fiction.
It is not my mode of thought that has caused my misfortunes, but the mode of thought of others.
Are wars anything but the means whereby a nation is nourished, whereby it is strengthened, whereby it is buttressed?
In order to know virtue, we must first acquaint ourselves with vice.
Religions are the cradles of despotism.
I've already told you: the only way to a woman's heart is along the path of torment. I know none other as sure.