if you ask me, nobody really likes people who are always doing their duty.

Time does not dispose of a question - it only presents it anew in a different guise.

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

It is curious - but you cannot make a revolution without honest men. ... Every revolution has had its honest men. They are soon disposed of afterwards.

marriage is an extraordinary thing - and I doubt if any outsider - even a child of the marriage - has the right to judge.

Crime is terribly revealing. Try and vary your methods as you will, your tastes, your habits, your attitude of mind, and your soul is revealed by your actions.

I, myself, was always recognized . . . as the “slow one” in the family. It was quite true, and I knew it and accepted it. Writing and spelling were always terribly difficult for me. My letters were without originality. I was . . . an extraordinarily bad speller and have remained so until this day.