To do just the opposite is also a form of imitation.

Diogenes, filthily attired, paced across the splendid carpets in Plato's dwelling. Thus, said he, do I trample on the pride of Plato. Yes, Plato replied, but only with another kind of pride.

If there were only turnips and potatoes in the world, someone would complain that plants grow the wrong way.

It is almost impossible to carry the torch of truth through a crowd without singeing somebody's beard.

To many people virtue consists chiefly in repenting faults, not in avoiding them.

The most entertaining surface on earth is the human face.

The most dangerous untruths are truths slightly distorted.