I have the simplest tastes. I am always satisfied with the best.

I have the simplest tastes. I am always satisfied with the best.

It is perfectly monstrous the way people go about nowadayssaying things against one, behind one's back, that are absolutely and read more

It is perfectly monstrous the way people go about nowadayssaying things against one, behind one's back, that are absolutely and entirely true.

I am, indeed, a king, because I know how to rule myself.

I am, indeed, a king, because I know how to rule myself.

I have nothing to declare except my genius.

I have nothing to declare except my genius.

No one gossips about other people's secret virtues.

No one gossips about other people's secret virtues.

Deny Self for Self's sake

Deny Self for Self's sake

Egotism is the art of seeing in yourself what others cannot see.

Egotism is the art of seeing in yourself what others cannot see.

History is merely gossip

History is merely gossip

And all who told it added something new, And all who heard it made enlargements too.

And all who told it added something new, And all who heard it made enlargements too.