APHORISMS AND REFLECTIONS 



XXXIX 



Missionaries, whether of philosophy or of rehgion, 

 rarely make rapid way, unless their preachings fall 

 in w^ith the prepossessions of the multitude of shallow 

 thinkers, or can be made to serve as a stalking- 

 horse for the promotion of the practical aims of the 

 still larger multitude, who do not profess to think 

 much, but are quite certain they want a great 

 deal. 



XL 



Proclaim human equality as loudly as you like, 

 Witless will serve his brother. 



XLI 



There is no sea more dangerous than the ocean of 

 practical politics — none in w^hich there is more need 

 of good pilotage and of a single, unfaltering purpose 

 when the waves rise high. 



XLII 



The doctrine that all men are, in any sense, or 

 have been, at any time, free and equal, is an utterly 

 baseless fiction. 



XI.III 



For the welfare of society, as for that of individual 

 men, it is surely essential that there should be a 

 statute of limitations in respect of the consequences 

 of wrong-doing. 



XLIV 



" Musst immer thun wie neu geboren " is the best 

 of all maxims for the guidance of the life of States, 

 no less than of individuals. 



