Exaggeration of every kind is as essential to journalism as it is to dramatic art, for the object of journalism is to make events go as far as possible.

Our moral virtues benefit mainly other people; intellectual virtues, on the other hand, benefit primarily ourselves; therefore the former make us universally popular, the latter unpopular.

A man of business will often deceive you without the slightest scruple, but he will absolutely refuse to commit a theft.

Life is short and truth works far and lives long: let us speak the truth.

There is not much to be got anywhere in the world. It is filled with misery and pain; if a man escapes these, boredeom lies in wait for him at every corner. Nay more; it is evil which generally has the upper hand, and folly that makes the most noise. Fate is cruel and mankind pitiable.

It is with trifles, and when he is off guard, that a man best reveals his character.

Most men are so thoroughly subjective that nothing really interests them but themselves.