1. “The wisdom of the wise is an uncommon degree of common sense.”
2. “The soul is dyed with the color of its leisure thoughts.”
3. “The wise man is he who knows the relative value of things.”
4. “To become a popular religion, it is only necessary for a superstition to enslave a philosophy.”
5. “A man may build himself a throne of bayonets, but he can’t sit on it.”
6. “The object of studying philosophy is to know one’s own mind, not other people’s.”
7. “To marry is to get binocular view of life.”
8. “The enemies of freedom do not argue; they shout and they shout.”
9. “True faith is belief in the reality of absolute values.”
10. “A nation is a society united by a delusion about its ancestry and by common hatred of its neighbours.”
11. “Literature flourishes best when it is half a trade and half an art.”
12. “The aim of education is the knowledge, not of facts but of values.”
13. “Gambling is a disease of barbarians superficially civilized.”
14. “Originality is undetected plagiarism.”
15. “A good government remains the greatest of human blessings and no nation has ever enjoyed it.”
