“Do not be naive. Criminals cannot go unpunished. Nor can heroes.”
“A hero is defined by what he or she can do, not by what he or she cannot do.”
“The stupid neither forgive nor forget; the naive forgive and forget; the wise forgive but do not forget.”
“There are many ways to be a criminal or hero. Don't forget that.”
“Take this Hercules -this hero! Hero, indeed! What was he but a large muscular creature of low intelligence and criminal tendencies!”
“I could not become anything; neither good nor bad; neither a scoundrel nor an honest man; neither a hero nor an insect. And now I am eking out my days in my corner, taunting myself with the bitter and entirely useless consolation that an intelligent man cannot seriously become anything, that only a fool can become something.”