The stupidity of men always invites the insolence of power.
If you follow the suburban fashion in building a sumptuous- looking house for a little money, it will appear to all eyes as a cheap, dear house.
Away with this hurrah of masses, and let us have the considerate vote of single men.
Be yourself; no base imitator of another, but your best self.
Always scorn appearances and you always may.
Whatever games are played with us, we must play no games with ourselves, but deal in our privacy with the last honesty and truth.