People care more about being thought to have taste than about being thought either good, clever or amiable.
Virtue knows that it is impossible to get on without compromise, and tunes herself, as it were, a trifle sharp to allow for an inevitable fall in playing.
Life is a quarry, out of which we are to mold and chisel and complete a character.
Be virtuous and you will be vicious.
Man is God's highest present development. He is the latest thing in God.
God and the Devil are an effort after specialisation and division of labour.