... in a wicked way, it is an incentive to good living to observe the spice of enjoyment there is to a godly soul in a very little sin.

There isn't any virtue where there has never been any temptation.

... if a man really and truly believed that black was white, you might advise him to see an oculist, but you mustn't call him a liar.

I notice that when people have no sense of responsibility, you call them either criminals or geniuses.

I have heard that a man might be his own lawyer, but you can't be your own judge.

There is no embarrassment quite like the embarrassment of listening to a person for whom one has a regard making a fool of himself.

There is a bond, it appears, between mother and child which endures as long as they do. It is independent of love; reason cannot weaken it; hate cannot destroy it.