“We are all ready to be savage in some cause. The difference between a good man and a bad one is the choice of the cause.”

“We all are worms, but I do believe I am a glowworm”

“One of the most striking differences between a cat and a lie is that a cat has only nine lives”

“It is well for the world that in most of us, by the age of thirty, the character has set like plaster, and will never soften again.”

“A man has as many social selves as there are individuals who recognize him.”

“In museums and palaces we are alternate radicals and conservatives.”