The majority is always wrong; the minority is rarely right.
NORA: I must stand on my own two feet if I'm to get to know myself and the world outside. That's why I can't stay here with you any longer.
The great secret of power is never to will to do more than you can accomplish.
The strongest man in the world is he who stands most alone.
Friends are to be feared, not so much for what they make us do as what they keep us from doing.
What sort of truths are they that the majority usually supports? They are truths that are of such advanced age that they are beginning to break up. And if a truth is as old as that, it is also in a fair way to become a lie, gentlemen.