It is a characteristic of the weak and criminal to attribute to others the misfortunes that are the result of their own wickedness.

I loathed poverty and I would have liked to put my hands on the party who said that poverty is an honorable estate. It is an indication of inefficiency and nothing more. There is nothing honorable or fine about it.

Even theories must have foundations.

No fiction is worth reading except for entertainment. If it entertains and is clean, it is good literature, or its kind. If it forms the habit of reading, in people who might not read otherwise, it is the best literature.

Yes, I was a fool, but I was in love, and though I was suffering the greatest misery I had ever known I would not have had it otherwise for all the riches of Barsoom. Such is love, and such are lovers wherever love is known.

Anger and hate against one we love steels our hearts, but contempt or pity leaves us silent and ashamed.

A warrior may change his metal, but not his heart.