A little white lie is a small price to pay for peace and quiet.

To go from a familiar thing into the unknown, is always a matter for apprehension.

Guilt comes to you not from the things you have done, but from the things others have done to you.

It is remarkable, I have since thought, how once a man has a few coins, no matter how he came by them, he thinks right away he is entitled to them, and to whatever they can buy, and fancies himself cock of the walk.

When people are afraid, they often behave with cruelty.