The root of all superstition is that men observe when a thing hits but not when it misses.
Silence is the sleep that nourishes wisdom.
A prudent question is one-half of wisdom.
What is truth? said jesting Pilate and would not stay for an answer.
Truth is so hard to tell it sometimes needs fiction to make it plausible.
The most positive men are the most credulous.
In a free society the state does not administer the affairs of men. It...
No man has any natural authority over his fellow men.
Prejudices are so to speak the mechanical instincts of men: through their...
Every man should follow the bent of his nature in art and letters always provided that he does not offend against the rules of morality and good taste.
