“Bear it like a man, even if you feel it like an ass. ”

“A lifetime of happiness! No man alive could bear it; it would be hell on earth.”

“You know well I couldn't bear to live with a low common man after you two; and it's wicked and cruel of you to insult me by pretending I could.”

“I like a bit of mongrel myself, whether it's a man or a dog.”

“Take care to get what you like or you will be forced to like what you get.”

“Martyrdom, sir, is what these people like: it is the only way in which a man can become famous without ability.”

“You may remember that on earth—though of course we never confessed it—the death of anyone we knew, even those we liked best, was always mingled with a certain satisfaction at being finally done with them.”