A widow, the mother of a family, and from her heart she produces chords to which my whole being responds.

It is man's unique privilege, among all other organisms. By pursuing falsehood you will arrive at the truth!

A man who lies to himself, and believes his own lies, becomes unable to recognize truth, either in himself or in anyone else, and he ends up losing respect for himself and for others.

Often a man endures for several years, submits and suffers the cruellest punishments, and then suddenly breaks out over some minute trifle, almost nothing at all.

It was a wonderful night, such a night as is only possible when we are young, dear reader.

...a condemned man who, at the hour of death, says or thinks that if the alternative were offered him of existing somewhere, on a height of rock or some narrow elevation, where only his two feet could stand, and round about him the ocean, perpetual gloom, perpetual solitude, perpetual storm, to remain there standing on a yard of surface for a lifetime, a thousand years, eternity! - rather would he live thus than die at once? Only live, live, live! - no matter how, only live!

...it all, maybe, most likely, indeed, might turn out for the best.