“Everyone suspects themselves of at least one of the cardinal virtues...”

“Every one suspects himself of at least one of the cardinal virtues, and this is mine: I am one of the few honest people that I have ever known.”

“Dear, don't think of getting out of bed yet. I've always suspected that early rising in early life makes one nervous.”

“No one likes to see people in moods of despair they themselves have survived.”

“Was everyone followed in the moonlight?”

“Just as a cooling pot gives off heat, so all through youth and adolescence we give off calories of virtue. That's what's called ingenuousness.”

“Great books write themselves, only bad books have to be written.”