The good and the bad mix themselves so thoroughly in our thoughts, even in our aspirations, that we must look for excellence rather in overcoming evil than in freeing ourselves from its influence.

Whom does any body trust so implicitly as he trusts his own attorney? And yet is it not the case that the body of attorneys is supposed to be the most roguish …

It was admitted by all her friends, and also by her enemies- who were in truth the more numerous and active body of the two- that Lizzie Greystock had done ver…

Men who can succeed in deceiving no one else will succeed at last in deceiving themselves.

To call war the soil of courage and virtue is like calling debauchery the soil of love.

'I renounce war for its consequences, for the lies it lives on and propagates, for the undying hatred it arouses, for the dictatorships it puts in place of dem…

He had never disagreed with anyone in his life, no matter how unfairly they may have treated him. He preferred to swallow his tears, suppress his anger and bit…