Despair is deadly sin, but worse, it is mortal folly.

Every man has within him only one life and one nature ... It behooves a man to look within himself and turn to the best dedication possible those endowments he has from his Maker. You do no wrong in questioning what once you held to be right for you, if now it has come to seem wrong. Put away all thought of being bound. We do not want you bound. No one who is not free can give freely.

In the end there is nothing to be done but to state clearly what has been done, without shame or regret, and say: Here I am, and this is what I am. Now deal with me as you see fit. That is your right. Mine is to stand by the act, and pay the price. You do what you must do, and pay for it. So in the end all things are simple.

You cannot demand truth, and then select half and throw the inconvenient remainder away.

There is in the end no remedy but truth. It is the one course that cannot be evil.

What are wits for unless a man uses them?

It takes a lot to wound a man without illusions.