“silence is not weakness and decency is not pride”
“There is strength in humility and weakness in pride.”
“I saw the end of his life right there in that single moment. His pride, his decency, his secrets, his death.”
“Take pride in your workweek, not your weak work.”
“Yes, vanity is a weakness indeed. But pride - where there is a real superiority of mind, pride will be always under good regulation.”
“Everything goes by the board: honor, pride, decency . . . to get the book written. If a writer has to rob his mother, he will not hesitate; the “Ode on a Grecian Urn” is worth any number of old ladies.”