The greatness of man lies in his decision to be stronger than his condition.

On my way out I was even going to shake his hand, but I remembered just in time that I'd killed a man.

If those whom we begin to love could know us as we were before meeting them they could perceive what they have made of us.

A guilty conscience needs to confess. A work of art is a confession.

Every authentic work of art is a gift offered to the future.

What will be left of the power of example if it is proved that capital punishment has another power, and a very real one, which degrades men to the point of shame, madness, and murder?

We rarely confide in those who are better than we are.