Perhaps the feelings that we experience when we are in love represent a normal state. Being in love shows a person who he should be.

Every coming year is as bad as the previous one, the only difference being that in most cases it is even worse.

A good upbringing means not that you won't spill sauce on the tablecloth, but that you won't notice it when someone else does.

A good person will feel guilty even before a dog.

In displaying the psychology of your characters, minute particulars are essential. God save us from vague generalizations! Be sure not to discuss your hero's state of mind. Make it clear from his actions. Nor is it necessary to portray many main characters. Let two people be the center of gravity in your story: he and she.

It is not only the prisoners who grow coarse and hardened from corporal punishment, but those as well who perpetrate the act or are present to witness it.

Reason and justice tell me there's more love for humanity in electricity and steam than in chastity and vegetarianism.