The degree of civilization in a society can be judged by entering its prisons.
If he's honest, he'll steal; if he's human, he'll murder; if he's faithful, he'll deceive.
A just cause is not ruined by a few mistakes.
Woe to the man who offends a small child!
What man wants is simply independent choice, whatever that independence may cost and wherever it may lead.
What if, when this fog scatters and flies upward, the whole rotten, slimey city goes with it, rises with the fog and vanishes like smoke.