“Save yourself for my sake. And I will go with you to the end of the world.”

“My dear: in this world there is always danger for those who are afraid of it.”

“Tanner: My dear Tavy, your pious English habit of regarding the world as a moral gymnasium built expressly to strengthen your character in leads you to think about your own confounded principles when you should be thinking about other people's necessities.”

“This is the true joy in life, being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one. Being a force of nature instead of a feverish, selfish little clod of ailments and grievances, complaining that the world will not devote itself to making you happy. I am of the opinion that my life belongs to the whole community and as long as I live, it is my privilege to do for it what I can. I want to be thoroughly used up when I die, for the harder I work, the more I live. I rejoice in life for its own sake. Life is no brief candle to me. It is a sort of splendid torch which I have got hold of for the moment and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it on to future generations.”

“Better keep yourself clean and bright; you are the window through which you must see the world.”

“Oh, well, if you want original conversations, you'd better go and talk to yourself.”

“Well, upon my soul! You are not ashamed to stand there and confess yourself a disgusting drunkard.”