The drying up a single tear has more, of honest fame, than shedding seas of gore.
Why do they call me misanthrope? Because They hate me, not I them.
What is fame? The advantage of being known by people of whom you yourself know nothing, and for whom you care as little.
One hates an author that's all author.
It is when we think we lead that we are most led.
The reason that adulation is not displeasing is that, though untrue, it shows one to be of consequence enough, in one way or other, to induce people to lie.