There are some people whose opinion I value and respect and it would be very bothersome if I forfeited their respect. But the general public? I'm not preoccupied with the opinions of others.

If once you forfeit the confidence of your fellow-citizens you can never regain their respect and esteem.

When a man assumes leadership he forfeits the right to mercy.

To copy beauty forfeits all pretense to fame to copy faults is want of sense.