“Make everything as simple as possible, but not simpler.”

“The fewer the facts, the stronger the opinion.”

“It is most unwise for people in love to marry.”

“Speak the truth, do not yield to anger give, if thou art asked for little by these three steps thou wilt go near the gods.”

“Fear is the mother of morality.”

“Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.”