Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.

I have only ever read one book in my life, and that is White Fang. It's so frightfully good I've never bothered to read another.

The destruction of the past is perhaps the greatest of all crimes.

Before I speak, I have something important to say.

Ladies who play with fire must remember that smoke gets in their eyes.

Modesty and conscientiousness receive their reward only in novels. In life they are exploited and then shoved aside.

Courage is grace under pressure.

Patriotism is usually stronger than class hatred, and always stronger than internationalism.

My idea of an agreeable person is a person who agrees with me.

Of puns it has been said that those who most dislike them are those who are least able to utter them.

Sunlight is painting.

All men are liable to error; and most men are, in many points, by passion or interest, under temptation to it.

The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.

What is necessary to change a person is to change his awareness of himself.

Enthusiasm... the sustaining power of all great action.

A moral being is one who is capable of reflecting on his past actions and their motives - of approving of some and disapproving of others

I fully realize that no wealth or position can long endure, unless built upon truth and justice; therefore, I will engage in no transaction which does not benefit all whom it affects.

One of the advantages of being disorderly is that one is constantly making exciting discoveries.

Certainty? In this world nothing is certain but death and taxes.

It is a good rule in life never to apologize. The right sort of people do not want apologies, and the wrong sort take a mean advantage of them.

All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.