Cunning is the art of concealing our own defects and discovering other people's weaknesses.

The truth is not for all men, but only for those who seek it.

The hardest thing to explain is the glaringly evident which everybody had decided not to see.

Freedom To ask nothing. To expect nothing. To depend on nothing.

Learn to value yourself, which means: fight for your happiness.

The difference between a welfare state and a totalitarian state is a matter of time.

Love may turn to indifference with possession.

Landscape painting is the obvious resource of misanthropy.

Zeal will do more than knowledge.

Actors are the only honest hypocrites.

Principle is a passion for truth.

An honest man speaks the truth, though it may give offence; a vain man, in order that it may.

Books let us into their souls and lay open to us the secrets of our own.

The way to secure success is to be more anxious about obtaining than about deserving it.

Great thoughts reduced to practice become great acts.

We are never so much disposed to quarrel with others as when we are dissatisfied with ourselves.

Dandyism is a species of genius.

Rules and models destroy genius and art.

Grace has been defined as the outward expression of the inward harmony of the soul.