To speak on without saying anything has always been the greatest gift of orators.
Platen
Man values life as a sacred jewel in such a way that he reveres him most who haughtily scorns it.
Platen
Joy has this in common with pain, that it robs people of reason.
Platen
Where the flag of truth waves unfurled, there you will find superstition waiting in ambush.
Platen
Like an arrow to its mark flies the word good man's word.
Platen
It is not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves.