... 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.

Truth is like heat or light; its vibrations are endless, and are endlessly felt.

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

Age, per se, may claim tenderness and pity, but not respect; that only comes when the years have brought humanity and wisdom and the experience that worketh hope.

A pint can't hold a quart - if it holds a pint it is doing all that can be expected of it.

If you give way to fear, you'll be a coward; and ... a coward is apt to be a liar. The devil's first name is Fear.

One must desire something to be alive.