The truth is not for all men, but only for those who seek it.
The best way to survive in the wild is to stay calm and think clearly.
There is nothing which I dread so much as a division of the republic into two great parties, each arranged under its leader, and concerting measures in opposition to each other.
The greatest tragedy is not death, but forgetting one's mother tongue.
Lock up your libraries if you like; but there is no gate, no lock, no bolt that you can set upon the freedom of my mind.
It is not necessary to invoke God to light the blue touch paper and set the universe going.