If Art does not enlarge men's sympathies, it does nothing morally.
One way of getting an idea of our fellow-countrymen's miseries is to go and look at their pleasures.
Better a false belief than no belief at all.
It's easy finding reasons why other folks should be patient.
As to memory, it is known that this frail faculty naturally lets drop the facts which are less flattering to our self-love - when it does not retain them carefully as subjects not to be approached, marshy spots with a warning flag over them.
He who rules must fully humor as much as he commands.