Only where there is pecuniary equality can the distinction of merit stand out.

I want to be thoroughly used up when I die, for the harder I work the more I live. I rejoice in life for its own sake.

The great secret...is not having bad manners or good manners...but having the same manner for all human souls.

The stock actor is a stage calamity

The art of government is the organization of idolatry. The bureaucracy consists of functionaries; the aristocracy, of idols; the democracy, of idolaters. The populace cannot understand the bureaucracy: it can only worship the national idols.

Being hurt by someone you truly care about leaves a hole in you heart that only love can fill.

You know well I couldn't bear to live with a low common man after you two; and it's wicked and cruel of you to insult me by pretending I could.