"The greatest evil is war."

"What is the 'I'? A man at a window sees the passers-by; if I pass by, can I say that he saw me? No; for he did not think of me in particular. But if he loves someone, and I am that someone, then he lo…"

"To be a man is to be an object of scorn to the angels, and of envy to the devils."

"Men are so necessarily mad, that not to be mad would be to be a madman of another kind of madness."

"Our nature is corrupted, and we are full of pride and self-love."