The English are a nation of consummate cant.
Talking much about oneself may be a way of hiding oneself.
Without meaning, without substance, without aim: a mere 'public opinion'.
When virtue has slept it will arise more vigorous.
The noble type of man feels himself to be the determiner of values, he does not need to be approved of, he judges 'what harms me is harmful in itself', he knows himself to be that which in general accords honour to things, he creates values.
Everyone thinks that the principal thing to the tree is the fruit, but in point of fact the principal thing to it is the seed.