We are the living graves of murdered beasts.

Assassination on the scaffold is the worst form of assassination.

There is nothing on earth more exquisite than a bonny book, with well-placed columns of rich black writing in beautiful borders, and illuminated pictures cunningly inset. But nowadays, instead of looking at books, people read them. A book might as well be one of those orders for bacon and bran.

If you can't get rid of the skeleton in your closet, you'd best teach it to dance.

I never thought much of the courage of a lion tamer. Inside the cage he is at least safe from people.

One man that has a mind and knows it can always beat ten men who haven't and don't.

My rank is the highest known in Switzerland: I'm a free citizen.