Party loyalty lowers the greatest men to the petty level of the masses.

It is motive alone that gives real value to the actions of men, and disinterestedness puts the cap to it.

Every man is valued in this world as he shows by his conduct that he wishes to be valued.

There are three great events in our lives: birth, life and death. Of birth we have no conscience; with death, we suffer; and, concerning life, we forget to live it.

A coxcomb is the blockhead's man of merit.

When a work lifts your spirits and inspires bold and noble thoughts in you, do not look for any other standard to judge by: the work is good, the product of a master craftsman.

A coxcomb is one whom simpletons believe to be a man of merit.