“Because sometimes you have to do something bad to do something good.”

“Do you know that I am afraid that good people do a great deal of harm in this world? Certainly the greatest harm they do is that they make badness of such extraordinary importance.”

“When good Americans die, they go to Paris'.'Where do bad Americans go?''They stay in America'.”

“Women treat us [men] like humanity treats gods—they worship us and keep bothering us to do something for them.”

“They get up early, because they have so much to do, and go to bed early, because they have so little to think about. ”

“The nicest feeling in the world is to do a good deed anonymously-and have somebody find out.”

“Being adored is a nuisance. Women treat us just as humanity treats its gods. They worship us, and are always bothering us to do something for them.”