The Englishman walks before the law like a trained horse in the circus. He has the sense of legality in his bones, in his muscles.

What can you do by killing? Nothing. You kill one dog, the master buys another-that's all there is to it.

Be good, be kind, be humane, and charitable; love your fellows; console the afflicted; pardon those who have done you wrong.

You will not drown the truth in seas of blood

One has to be able to count if only so that at fifty one doesn't marry a girl of twenty.

Even a bad man is better than a good book.

A good man can be stupid and still be good. But a bad man must have brains.