One must judge men not by their opinions, but by what their opinions have made of them.

We have no words for speaking of wisdom to the stupid. He who understands the wise is wise already.

Nothing is more conducive to peace of mind than not having any opinion at all.

One must judge men not by their opinions, but by what their opinions have made of them.

Even truth needs to be clad in new garments if it is to appeal to a new age.

Never undertake anything for which you wouldn't have the courage to ask the blessings of heaven.

Perhaps in time the so-called Dark Ages will be thought of as including our own.

The pleasures of the imagination are as it were only drawings and models which are played with by poor people who cannot afford the real thing.

What is called an acute knowledge of human nature is mostly nothing but the observer's own weaknesses reflected back from others.