The belief in a supernatural source of evil is not necessary; men alone are quite capable of every wickedness.

As in political, so in literary action, a man wins friends for himself mostly by the passion of his prejudices.

What all men are really after is some form, or perhaps only some formula, of peace.

Words, as is well known, are great foes of reality.

A man's most open actions have a secret side to them.

But the artist appeals to that part of our being which is not dependent on wisdom; to that in us which is a gift and not an acquisition-and therefore, more permanently enduring. He speaks to our capacity for delight and wonder, to the sense of mystery surrounding our lives: to our sense of pity, and beauty, and pain.

The real significance of crime is in its being a breach of faith with the community of mankind.

The real significance of crime is in its being a breach of faith with the community of mankind.

Vanity plays lurid tricks with our memory.

I don't like work-no man does-but I like what is in the work-the chance to find yourself.