Anythin' wrong leaves a kind of impression on the eye; brain trots along afterwards with the warnin'.

... to mention honor was to suggest its opposite.

Well-bred English people never have imagination.

Why? Oh, well - I thought you'd be rather an attractive person to marry. That's all. I mean, I sort of took a fancy to you. I can't tell you why. There's no rule about it, you know.

The only ethical principle which has made science possible is that the truth shall be told all the time. If we do not penalize false statements made in error, we open up the way for false statements by intention. And a false statement of fact, made deliberately, is the most serious crime a scientist can commit.

Heaven deliver us, what's a poet? Something that can't go to bed without making a song about it.

It's not the innocent young things that need gentle handling--it's the ones that have been frightened and hurt.