Very few reputations are gained by unsullied virtue.

It is true that I am of an older fashion; much that I love has been destroyed or sent into exile.

A new philosophy generally means in practice the praise of some old vice.

My brain and this world don't fit each other; and there's an end of it.

Most modern freedom is at root fear. It is not so much that we are too bold to endure rules; it is rather that we are too timid to endure responsibilities.

I never could see anything wrong in sensationalism; and I am sure our society is suffering more from secrecy than from flamboyant revelations.

An inconvenience is an adventure wrongly considered.