Good and evil lie close together. Seek no artistic unity in character.
There is not a more perilous or immoral habit of mind than the sanctifying of success.
Liberty is the prevention of control by others.
Fanaticism in religion is the alliance of the passions she condemns with the dogmas she professes.
The common vice of democracy is disregard for morality.
The strong man with the dagger is followed by the weak man with the sponge.