We all wear some disguise, make some professions, use some artifice, to set ourselves off as being better than we are; and yet it is not denied that we have some good intentions and praiseworthy qualities at bottom.

The definition of genius is that it acts unconsciously, and those who have produced immortal works have done so without knowing how or why.

A strong passion for any object will ensure success, for the desire of the end will point out the means.

The true barbarian is he who thinks everything barbarous but his own tastes and prejudices.

We are not satisfied to be right, unless we can prove others to be quite wrong.

We grow tired of ourselves, much more of other people.

Man is a poetical animal, and delights in fiction.