Truth is its own defense.

Anger is like mild, it should not be kept too long.

it is better in the long run to be cheated than to cheat. I have learned that there is no middle way.

If a writer is true to his characters they will give him his plot. Observations must play second fiddle to integrity.

... one pets what one degrades; and one has to support what one has enfeebled

To see a shadow and think it is a tree that is a pity; but to see a tree and to think it a shadow can be fatal.

Truth is no man's slave - but lies - what magnificent servants they make.