Cynicism is the only form in which base souls approach honesty.

Nobody talks more passionatley of his rights who , in the depths of his soul , is doubtfull about them.

Men are even lazier than they are timorous, and what they fear most is the troubles with which any unconditional honesty and nudity would burden them.

Well-meaning, helpful, good-natured attitudes of mind have not come to be honored on account of their usefulness, but because they are states of richer souls that are capable of bestowing and have their value in the feeling of the plenitude of life.

Cynic, n. A blackguard whose faulty vision sees things as they are not as they ought to be.

There are slavish souls who carry their appreciation for favors done them so far that they strangle themselves with the rope of gratitude.