Sometimes apparent resemblance of character will bring two men together and for a certain time unite them. But their mistake gradually becomes evident, and they are astonished to find themselves not only far apart, but even repelled, in some sort, at all their points of contact.

The great always sell their society to the vanity of the little.

Remorse turns us against ourselves.

Public opinion reigns in society because stupidity reigns amongst the stupid.

In the fine arts, as in many other things, we know well only what we have not learned.

Satire is the disease of art.

Knowledge is boundless,--human capacity, limited.