“Ah, why should all mankindFor one man's fault, be condemned,If guiltless?”

“The difference between justice and forgiveness: To be just is to condemn the fault and, because of the fault, to condemn the doer as well. To forgive is to condemn the fault but to spare the doer. That's what the forgiving God does.”

“Ah, it is the fault of our science that it wants to explain all; and if it explain not, then it says there is nothing to explain.”

“Misfortunes one can endure--they come from outside, they are accidents. But to suffer for one's own faults--ah!--there is the sting of life.”

“A man with charm is an entertaining thing, and a man with looks is, ofcourse, a sight to behold, but a man with honor - ah, he is the one, dear reader, to which young ladies should flock.”

“why do you condemn a man whom you have never met, whom no one knows and about whom even you yourself know nothing?”