Society was calling to its accomplished child to come, to be taken care of, to be instructed, to be judged, to be condemned; it called him to return to that rubbish heap from which he had wandered away, so that justice could be done.

Nations it may be have fashioned their Governments, but the Governments have paid them back in the same coin.

The way of even the most jusitifiable revolution is prepared by personal impulses disguised into creeds.

A writer without interest or sympathy for the foibles of his fellow man is not conceivable as a writer.

The real significance of crime is in its being a breach of faith with the community of mankind.

It echoed loudly within him because he was hollow at the core.

Few men realize that their life, the very essence of their character, their capabilities and their audacities, are only the expression of their belief in the safety of their surroundings.