“Valiant! The word mocked me, for I knew myself to be anything but valiant. What I had done, I had done in a fit of insane bitterness, not with cool courage, not with brave quick thinking, not with ...”

“People never believe anything - except scandal - when they first hear it.”

“If it's really education you want for Nathan,' Buell said, 'have him read the papers, so he'll know what's going on in the world, and why. Teach him to be interested in everything he doesn't unders...”

“All of us know history repeats itself, but mighty few of us recognize the repetition until too late.”

“Great men tell the truth and are never believed. Lesser men are always believed, but seldom have the brains or the courage to tell the truth.”

“My God, Judge, do men believe whatever lie they hear about an enemy?”

“Teach all men to fish, but first teach all men to be fair. Take less, give more. Give more of yourself, take less from the world. Nobody owes you anything, you owe the world everything.”

“Respect? Of course, always, to all, because everything seems funnier when you're trying to show respect.”

“This desire to govern a woman -- it lies very deep, and men and women must fight it together.... But I do love you surely in a better way then he does." He thought. "Yes -- really in a better way. ...”