It may be that you are not yourself luminous, but that you are a conductor of light. Some people without possessing genius have a remarkable power of stimulating it.

Anything is better than stagnation.

"I should have more faith," he said; "I ought to know by this time that when a fact appears opposed to a long train of deductions it invariably proves to be capable of bearing some other interpretation."

The most difficult crime to track is the one which is purposeless.

When such men, who are beyond hope and fear, begin in their dim minds to see the source their woes, it may be an evil time for those who have wronged them. The weak man becomes strong when he has nothing, for then only can he feel the wild, mad thrill of despair.

It is a great thing to start life with a small number of really good books which are your very own.

The lowest and vilest alleys of London do not present a more dreadful record of sin than does the smiling and beautiful countryside.