Well, well, my dear fellow, be it so. We have shared this same room for some years, and it would be amusing if we ended by sharing the same cell. (...)

You wish to put me in the dark. I tell you that I will never be put in the dark. You wish to beat me. I tell you that you will never beat me.

The future was with Fate. The present was our own.

My life is spent in one long effort to escape from the commonplaces of existence. These little problems help me to do so.

I have seen too much not to know that the impression of a woman may be more valuable than the conclusion of an analytical reasoner.

I have frequently gained my first real insight into the character of parents by studying their children.

I have my own views about Nature's methods, though I feel that it is rather like a beetle giving his