It's an odd thing about this universe that, though we all disagree with each other, we are all of us always in the right.
How awful to reflect that what people say of us is true!
Our names are labels, plainly printed on the bottled essence of our past behavior.
A best-seller is the gilded tomb of a mediocre talent
He who goes against the fashion is himself its slave
People have a right to be shocked; the mention of unmentionable things is a kind of participation in them.