"Do not speak ill of society, Algie. Only people who can't get in do that."

"Rest assured that there is nothing which wounds the heart of a noble man more deeply than the thought his honour is assailed."

"If men were angels, no government would be necessary."

"Fear secretes acids; but love and trust are sweet juices."

"Sometimes I think we're alone. Sometimes I think we're not. In either case, the thought is staggering."

"A thing moderately good is not so good as it ought to be. Moderation in temper is always a virtue, but moderation in principle is always a vice."

"You must believe in God in spite of what the clergy say."

"Time can burn. Time can hurt. But it can also purify. It can chase away shadows. It can melt the coldest heart."

"In every fat book there is a thin book trying to get out."

"I can't tell if a straw ever saved a drowning man, but I know that a mere glance is enough to make despair pause. For in truth we who are creatures of impulse are creatures of despair."