Whether a man hides his bad qualities and vices or confesses them openly, his vanity wants to gain an advantage by it in both cases: just note how subtly he distinguishes between those he will hide his bad qualities from and those he will face honestly and candidly.

No one lies so boldly as the man who is indignant.

There is no better soporific and sedative than skepticism.

The wreckage of stars - I built a world from this wreckage.

The English are the people of consummate cant.

We are praised or blamed, as the one or the other may be expedient, for displaying to advantage our power of discernment.

Man's task is simple. He should cease letting his existence be a thoughtless accident.