“Poison has a certain appeal … It has not the crudeness of the revolver bullet or the blunt weapon.”
“The line between the public life and the private life has been erased, due to the rapid decline of manners and courtesy. There is a certain crudeness and crassness that has suddenly become accepted behavior, even desirable.”
“One can be certain that every generally held idea, every received notion, will be an idiocy, because it has been able to appeal to a majority.”
“The weapons of divine justice are blunted by the confession and sorrow of the offender.”
“Everyone has the revolver of resignation in his pocket.”
“The fine point of seldom pleasure has been blunted”