"To forgive our enemies is a charming idea; but I am not a charming person."

"I prefer the wicked rather than the foolish. The wicked sometimes rest."

"I have loved much, suffered much, and learned much."

"How is it that little children are so intelligent and men so stupid? It must be education that does it."

"There is no such thing as a natural death: nothing that ever happens to a man is ever natural, since his presence calls the world into question."