English plays, Atrocious in content, Absurd in form, Objectionable in action, Execrable EnglishTheatre.
To tremble before anticipated evils is to bemoan what thou hast never lost.
A vain man can never be utterly ruthless: he wants to win applause and therefore he accommodates himself to others.
The church alone beyond all question Has for ill-gotten goods the right digestion.
The man who acts never has any conscience; no one has any conscience but the man who thinks.
I hate all explanations; they who make them deceive either themselves or the other party,-generally both.
We are our own aptest deceiver.
Still this planet’s soil for noble deeds grants scope abounding.
Man supposes that he directs his life and governs his actions, when his existence is irretrievably under the control of destiny.
Culture which smooth the whole world licks, Also unto the devil sticks.
Mastery is often taken for egotism.
From desire I plunge to its fulfilment, where I long once more for desire.
There are men who never err, because they never propose anything rational.
The Evil One has left, the evil ones remain.
Your messages I hear, but faith has not been given; The dearest child of Faith is Miracle.
The confidant of my vices is my master, though he were my valet.
You’ll never attain it unless you know the feeling.
It is in the half fools and the half wise that the greatest danger lies.
We are forced to participate in the games of life before we can possibly learn how to use the options in the rules governing them.
Gifts come from above in their own peculiar forms.