His judgement demonstrates that one can be a genius and understand nothing of an art that is not one's own.
So long as ignorance and poverty exist on earth, books of the nature of Les Miserables cannot fail to be of use.
There shall be no slavery of the mind.
The beautiful has but one type, the ugly has a thousand.
Being good is easy, what is difficult is being just.
It may be remarked in passing that success is an ugly thing. Men are deceived by its false resemblences to merit.