The joke loses everything when the joker laughs himself.

There are occasions when the general belief of the people, even though it be groundless, works its effect as sure as truth itself.

Virtue is no empty echo.

If you cannot please everyone with your deeds and your art, please a few. To please many is bad.

In a narrow circle the mind grows narrow. The more one expands, the larger their aims.

Physical beauty is the sign of an interior beauty, a spiritual and moral beauty which is the basis, the principle, and the unity of the beautiful.

Satisfy a few to please many is bad.