Sensationalism dies quickly – fear is long-lived.
There are more important things than finding the murderer. And justice is a fine word, but it is sometimes difficult to say exactly what one means by it. In my opinion the important thing is to clear the innocent.
You have the power of the pen over your enemies.
You are young still. Naturally one tries this, that and the other, but what one eventually settles down into is the life one prefers.
When everything else fails – music remains.
To express delight is not to buy a ticket.
There’s nothing for anyone to be afraid of if they’re only telling the truth.
There is no such thing as muddle – obscurity, yes – but muddle can exist only in a disorderly brain.
Nothing can be so misleading as observation.
Life can be very terrible. One needs much courage.
Knowledge is security. Knowledge is power.
It is the great tragedy of life, that women grow old.
