The less power a man has, the more he likes to use it.

Let us respect gray Lairs, but, above all, our own.

Loud indignation against vice often stands for virtue in the eyes of bigots.

It is more pitiable once to have been rich than not to be rich now.

The true worth of a soul is revealed as much by the motive it attributes to the actions of others as by its own deeds.

The great chastisement of a knave is not to be known, but to know himself.

The wisest man may always learn something from the humblest peasant.