There is no such flatterer as is a man's self.
For behavior, men learn it, as they take diseases, one of another.
The desire of excessive power caused the angels to fall; the desire of knowledge caused men to fall.
All artists are vain, they long to be recognized and to leave something to posterity. They want to be loved, and at the same time they want to be free. But nobody is free.
You can't be more horrific than life itself.
No pleasure is comparable to the standing upon the vantage-ground of truth.