...When he puts a thing on a pedestal and calls it beautiful, he demands the same delight from others. He judges not merely for himself, but for all men, and then speaks of beauty as if it were the property of things.
What can I know? What ought I to do? What can I hope?
Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life.
Seek not the favor of the multitude; it is seldom got by honest and lawful means. But seek the testimony of few; and number not voices, but weigh them.
Ingratitude is the essence of vileness.
Happiness is not an ideal of reason, but of imagination.