for what is the gift of the poet and the artist except to see the sights which others cannot see and to hear the sounds that others cannot hear?

The heart of silver falls ever into the hands of brass. The sensitive herb is eaten as grass by the swine.

Fame nowadays is little else but notoriety.

Petty laws breed great crimes.

Humiliation is a guest that only comes to those who have made ready his resting-place, and will give him a fair welcome. ... no one can disgrace you save yourself.

Take hope from the heart of man, and you make him a beast of prey.

There is nothing that you may not get people to believe in if you will only tell it them loud enough and often enough, till the welkin rings with it.