What I object to in Mother is that she wants me to think her thoughts. Apart from the question of hypocrisy, I prefer my own.

We've all of us got to meet the devil alone. Temptation is a lonely business.

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.

the profession of the ministry is like matrimony: if it is possible for you to keep out of it, it's a sign that you've no business to go into it!

Convictions do not imply reasons.

Isn't there any statute of limitation in things spiritual? I don't believe any large mind dwells on its sins, any more than on its virtues!

A sneer is like a flame; it may occasionally be curative because it cauterizes, but it leaves a bitter scar.