Never feel remorse for what you have thought about your wife; she has thought much worse things about you.
Beauty in art is often nothing but ugliness subdued.
Renown? I've already got more of it than those I respect, and will never have as much as those for whom I feel contempt.
Truth is always served by great minds, even if they fight it.
We spend our time envying people whom we wouldn't wish to be.
There are moments when very little truth would be enough to shape opinion. One might be hated at extremely low cost.