For the skeptic there remains only one consolation: if there should be such a thing as superhuman law it is administered with subhuman inefficiency.
Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever.
In order to preserve your self-respect, it is sometimes necessary to lie and cheat.
A myth is a religion in which no one any longer believes.
Most people would like to be delivered from temptation but would like it to keep in touch.
Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.
Never mistake motion for action.
In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations, and epochs it is the rule.