"If children were brought into the world by an act of pure reason, would the human race exist? Would not everyone rather have so much sympathy with the coming generation as to spare it the burden of ex…"

"Just remember, once you're over the hill you begin to pick up speed."

"Every miserable fool who has nothing at all of which he can be proud, adopts as a last resource pride in the nation to which he belongs; he is ready and happy to defend all its faults and follies toot…"

"The greatest achievements of the human mind are generally received with distrust."

"The world is a spectacle for the gods."