You're shocked, Mr. Burton, at hearing what our gossiping little town thinks. I can tell you this - they always think the worst!

Nobody knows what another person is thinking. They may imagine they do, but they are nearly always wrong.

... the belief in a superstratum of human beings ... is the most evil of all beliefs. For when you say, 'I am not as other men' -- you have lost the two most valuable qualities we have ever tried to attain: -- humility and brotherhood.

The human face is, after all, nothing more nor less than a mask.

all women, without in the least meaning it, consider every man they meet as a possible husband for themselves or for their best friend.

In my experience, people who go about looking for trouble usually find it.

There is nothing more thrilling in this world, I think, than having a child that is yours, and yet is mysteriously a stranger.