Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel.

• 

  The desire to appear clever often prevents one from becoming so.

• 

  The only safety for the vanquished is to hope for no safety.

• 

  They change their sky, not their soul, who rush across the sea.

• 

  You may drive out nature with a pitchfork, yet she will always come back.

• 

  Self-respect: the secure feeling that no one, as yet, is suspicious.

• 

  It is hard to believe that a man is telling the truth when you know that you would lie if you were in his place.

All aphorisms