“Remorse is the poison of life.”
“Dread remorse when you are tempted to err, Miss Eyre; remorse is the poison of life.”
“There are no second chances in life, except to feel remorse.”
“Remorse.-- Never yield to remorse, but at once tell yourself: remorse would simply mean adding to the first act of stupidity a second.”
“From the outer edge of his life, looking back, there was only one remorse, and that was only that he wished to go on living.”
“We want ecstasy as a way of life, not a liver-poisoning alcoholiday from it.”