No justification of virtue will enable a man to be virtuous. Without the aid of trained emotions the intellect is powerless against the animal organism. I had sooner play cards against a man who was quite skeptical about ethics, but bred to believe that ‘a gentleman does not cheat’, than against an irreproachable moral philosopher who had been brought up among sharpers.

Thirst was made for water. Inquiry for truth.

Readers are advised to remember that the devil is a liar.

No man knows how bad he is till he has tried very hard to be good...Only those who try to resist temptation know how strong it is.

There is no other day. All days are present now. This moment contains all moments.

Our temptation is to look eagerly for the minimum that will be accepted. We are in fact very like honest but reluctant taxpayers.

Surely what a man does when he is taken off his guard is the best evidence for what sort of man he is.