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...
The race of mankind would perish did they cease to aid each other. We cannot exist without mutual help. All therefore that need aid have a right to ask it from their fellow-men and no one who has the power of granting can refuse it without guilt.
