Whoever conquers a free town and does not demolish it commits a great error and may expect to be ruined himself.
Niccolo Machiavelli
I never found a companion that was so companionable as solitude.
Henry David Thoreau
I have a woman's body and a child's emotions.
Elizabeth Taylor
I would rather sit on a pumpkin and have it all to myself than be crowded on a velvet cushion.
Henry David Thoreau
Doing one's duty however small in an unattached manner gives rise to the awakening of self-awareness.
Sai Baba
As men are not able to fight against death misery ignorance they have taken it into their heads in order to be happy not to think of them at all.
Blaise Pascal
Opinion is like a pendulum and obeys the same law. If it goes past the centre of gravity on one side, it must go a like distance on the other, and it is only after a certain time that it finds the true point at which it can remain at rest.
Arthur Schopenhauer
There is nothing makes a man suspect much more than to know little.
Francis Bacon
Anyone who is to find Christ must first find the church. How could anyone know where Christ is and what faith is in him unless he knew where his believers are?
Martin Luther
Judge a man by his questions rather than his answers.
Voltaire
