Singularity is not an effort to be oneself, but to be what others are not.
Some people cannot be blamed for affectation, for they have nothing of their own to show.
Some men, by pretending to be other than what they believe they are, show themselves in their true character.
Common minds like commonplaces. When the audience applauds, you have probably said nothing worth hearing.
It requires more courage to differ from public opinion in matters of thought than in action.