Success is a very hideous thing. Its false resemblance to merit deceives men.
Foppery is the egotism of clothes.
Popularity - a piece of faded tinsel, that is out of date.
...It all seemed to him to have disappeared as if behind a curtain at a theater. There are such curtains that drop in life. God is moving on to the next act.
by making himself a priest made himself a demon.
Not seeing people permits us to imagine them with every perfection.