Publishers are humane men, and rarely commit crimes. Authors, however, are a hardened set, who usually perpertrate a felony every time they issue a book.

No one can tell, when two people walk closely together, what unconscious communication one mind may have with another

Of all evil-doers, the American is most to be feared. He uses more ingenuity in the planning of his projects and will take greater risks in carrying them out than any other malefactor on earth.

The present moment is ever the critical time. The future is merely for intelligent forethought.

A breath of laughter will blow a Government out of existence in Paris much more effectually than a whiff of cannon-smoke

It is well if you go in for revenge to make it as complete as possible.("The Vengeance Of The Dead")

Let the pain of past not ruin the happiness of present and dreams of future. Move on.

Fate is just another word for people's choices coming to a head. Destiny, coincidence, whatever you name it. It inevitably lies in our hands.

One thing about a skunk—once you recognize the markings, you know things are gonna stink.

Ammu said that human beings were creatures of habit, and it was amazing the kind of things one could get used to.

The public business must be carried on with a certain motion, neither too quick nor too slow.

We are not the only animal that mourns; apes do, and elephants, and dogs. Yet we are the only one that tortures.

The difference between slaves in Roman and Ottoman days and today's employees is that slaves did not need to flatter their boss.

Desire is when you do what you want, will is when you can do what you do not want.

The world's in a bad way, my man, And bound to be worse before it mends; Better lie up in the mountain here Four or five centuries, While the stars go over the lonely ocean.

... stop trying to get me to write about 'decent courageous people' -- read the Ladies' Home Journal for those! ... I believe in going through and facing the worst, not hiding from it.