The voice of the majority is no proof of justice.

Nothing is more revolting than the majority; for it consists of few vigorous predecessors, of knaves who accommodate themselves, of weak people who assimilate themselves, and the mass that toddles after them without knowing in the least what it wants

To be loved for what one is, is the greatest exception. The great majority love in others only what they lend him, their own selves, their version of him.

Truth exists for the wise, beauty for the feeling heart.

It is base to filch a purse, daring to embezzle a million, but it is great beyond measure to steal a crown. The sin lessens as the guilt increases.

He who has done his best for his own time has lived for all times.