“One man's vulgarity is another's lyric.”

“She had married a vulgar man; and, though she had not become like the man, she had become vulgar.”

“One man's justice is another's injustice; one man's beauty another's ugliness; one man's wisdom another's folly.”

“Science produces an incomparably lyrical state in this man.”

“I hate vulgar realism in literature. The man who would call a spade a spade should be compelled to use one.”

“A noble man compares and estimates himself by an idea which is higher than himself; and a mean man, by one lower than himself. The one produces aspiration; the other ambition, which is the way in which a vulgar man aspires.”

“One difference between poetry and lyrics is that lyrics sort of fade into the background. They fade on the page and live on the stage when set to music.”

“One man's mistake is another man's opportunity.”

“One man's faith is another man's delusion”

“One
man’s “ugly” is another man’s “beautiful.”