The more man knows of man, the better for the common brotherhood among men.

It was a long and gloomy night that gathered on me, haunted by the ghosts of many hopes, of many dear remembrances, many errors, many unavailing sorrows and regrets.

Take nothing on its looks; take everything on evidence. There's no better rule.

Old Mr. Rarx was not a pleasant man to look at, nor yet to talk to, or to be with, for no one could help seeing that he was a sordid and selfish character, and that he had warped further and further out of the straight with time.

You will profit by the failure, and will avoid it another time. I have done a similar thing myself, in construction, often. Every failure teaches a man something, if he will learn.

A good thing can't be cruel.

She had curiously thoughtful and attentive eyes; eyes that were very pretty and very good.