Conscientious men are, almost everywhere, less encouraged than tolerated.
Philosophers call God the great unknown The great misknown is more like it!
Like those statues which must be made larger than "nature" in order that, viewed from below, or from a distance, they may appear to be of the "natural" size, certain truths must be "strained" in order that the public may form a just idea of them.
Great souls are harmonious.
Success causes us to be more praised than known.
As long as we love, we lend to the beloved object qualities of mind and heart which we deprive him of when the day of misunderstanding arrives.