In order to acquire a growing and lasting respect in society it is a good thing if you possess great talent to give early in your youth a very hard kick to the right shin of the society that you love. After that be a snob.
For the subtlest folly proceeds from the subtlest wisdom.
Lay this unto your breast: Old friends like old swords still are trusted...
Eagles commonly fly alone. They are crows daws and starlings that flock...