A bad conscience is easier to cope with than a bad reputation.

The tyranny of public opinion (and what an opinion!) is as fatuous in the small towns of France as it is in the United States of America.

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

The bite of conscience, like the bite of a dog into a stone, is a stupidity.

Americans are so enamored of equality, they would rather be equal in slavery than unequal in freedom.

Peer pressure is just that: pressure.