The religions we call false were once true. They also were affirmations of the conscience correcting the evil customs of their times. Emerson.
The religious passion is nearly always vividest where the art is weakest; and the technical skill only reaches its deliberate splendour when the ecstasy which gave it birth has passed away for ever. Ruskin.
The reputation of a man is like his shadow—gigantic when it precedes him, and pigmy in its proportions when it follows. Talleyrand.
The reputation of a woman is as a crystal 15 mirror, shining and bright, but liable to be sullied by every breath that comes near it. Cervantes.
The reputation of virtuous actions past, if not kept up with an access and fresh supply of new ones, is lost and soon forgotten. Denham.
The resentment of a poor man is like the efforts of a harmless insect to sting; it may get him crushed, but cannot defend him. Goldsmith.
The rest is silence. Ham., v. 2.
The result (of things) is obvious, but the intention is never clear. Rückert.
The revelation of thought takes man out of 20 servitude into freedom. Emerson.
The reverence of a man's self is, next religion, the chiefest bridle of all vices. Bacon.