Most true points are fine points. There never was a dispute between mortals where both sides hadn't a bit of right.

The robe of flesh wears thin, and with the years God shines through all things.

I am an ordinary sort of fellow, not braver than other people, but I hate to see a good man downed, and that long knife would not be the end of Scudder if I could play the game in his place.

Civilization is a conspiracy. Modern life is the silent compact of comfortable folk to keep up pretences.

Without humility there can be no humanity.

I believe that all wisdom consists in caring immensely for a few right things, and not caring a straw about the rest.

The book trade is a spiritual barometer of a nations well-being.