The ""masters"" have been done away with; the morality of the vulgar man has triumphed.

The good generally displeases us when it is beyond our ken.

A good author possesses not only his own intellect, but also that of his friends.

I could not believe in a god that could not dance.

Every tiny step forward in the world was formerly made at the cost of mental and physical torture.

You say it is the good cause that hallows even war? I tell you: it is the good war that hallows every cause.

A very popular error -- having the courage of one's convictions; Rather, it is a matter of having the courage for an attack upon one's convictions.

The more abstract the truth you want to teach, the more thoroughly you must seduce the senses to accept it.

The sting of conscience, like the gnawing of a dog at a bone, is mere foolishness

The sting of conscience teacheth one to sting.