The voice of the majority is no proof of justice.
Eternity gives nothing back of what one leaves out of the minutes.
The painter is, as to the execution of his work, a mechanic; but as to his conception and spirit and design he is hardly below even the poet.
The hat is the pride of man; for he who cannot keep his hat on before kings and emperors is no free man.
The jest loses its point when he who makes it is the first to laugh.
To gain a crown by fighting is great, to reject it divine.