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?

Here I begin to know that blessedness is what can be snatched out the passing day and put away to think of afterwards.

as roads go, the road home is as good as any.

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.

A man must be prepared to face life, as well as death, there's no escape from either.

Of all the reports that fly about the world, ill news is the surest of all to arrive!