We blame equally him who is too proud to put a proper value on his own merit and him who prizes too highly his spurious worth.
The artist has a twofold relation to nature; he is at once her master and her slave.
Piety, like nobility, has its aristocracy.
The spirit from which we act is the principal matter.
So dear night the half of life is, And the fairest half indeed.
Divide and rule, a sound motto. Unite and lead, a better one.